Political Correctness in Russia

[William Ryan]

Obvious etymological reasons would be those given in Vasmer's standard 
etymological dictionary, Ushakov, Brockhaus and Efron (admittedly all 
Russian but not necessarily inspired by Great Russian prejudice). The 
word appears to have been normal East Slavonic for a border region from 
at least the 12th century (when there was no Great Russia). Alternative 
etymologies involving derivation from unprefixed krai seem to lack 
attested evidence. What popular etymologies do you have in mind?
Will Ryan


Maria Dmytriyeva wrote:
>> In the matter of v/na Ukraine, mentioned in another response, this is 
>> quite literally a matter of  'political correctness', and is mirrored by 
>> the insistence that we should in English refer to 'Ukraine' and not, as 
>> formerly, 'the Ukraine'. The argument seems to be that in both cases the 
>> old formulation implied that the Ukraine was a mere territory and not an 
>> independent state (notwithstanding the analogy of 'na Rusi'). This has 
>> been discussed here before, and I would still maintain that it is not 
>> 'the' which implies marginality but 'Ukraine', for obvious etymological 
>> reasons.
>>     
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> I would highly appreciate if you stated these _obvious_ etymological reasons that go at least a step towards science away from folk etymologies so wide-spread among advocates of Ukraine being perceived as an outskirt of the Great Russia.
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