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Carpathian Ruthenia
Synonym of Ruthenia
White Ruthenia
Synonym of White Russia
Red Ruthenia
Synonym of Ruthenia
Names of Rus', Russia and Ruthenia
The word Rus referred initially to a group of Scandinavian Vikings, also known as Varangians, who founded the medieval state of Kievan Rus' in Eastern Europe in the 10th century.
Black Ruthenia
Synonym of Black Russia
King of Ruthenia
King of Ruthenia, King of Rus', King of Galicia and Lodomeria, Lord and Heir of Ruthenian Lands (Latin: Rex Rusiae, Rex Ruthenorum, Rex Galiciae et Lodomeriae, Terrae Russiae Dominus et Heres; ) was a title of princes of Galicia and Volhynia, granted by the Pope.
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