Ruthenia vs Russia

[Wladzimier Katkowski]

In Belarusian language the distinction is crystal clear:

1) Ruthenia (en) = Rus' (by) - and it refers to the dukedoms
of Kyiw, Polacak, Turaw, Czarnihow, Smalensk, Novharad. (Of them
only Novogorod can be considered Russian in the modern sense of this
word).

2) Russia (en) = Rasieja (by) - it refers to Muscovite lands and
modern-day Russian Federation.

Usiaho najlepsaha,
W.K.

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