"Rossianin"

[gadassov]

Val Belianine wrote:

> For me as a Russian the weirdest thing about Rossiyane is that it may
> be used as appellative. Nobody addressed me as Russian for the whole
> of my life before Eltcin. He was the first (in my memory) to tell me
> that I was Rossiyanin. I used to hear: Grazhdane Sovetskogo Soyuza,
> tovarischi, trudjaschiesa, uchenyye i izobretateli, etc.

All these guys may have been from the many Soviet republics. But now, only
Rossija is left.
All that seems unclair.
Is some Russkij Chelovek living in Khazakstan "Rossijanin"?
Is some Gruzin living in Russia "Rossijanin"?
What is the exact meaning and the difference concerning the words:
"Russkij", "Rossijskij", and "Rossijan"?
I am sure our distinguished semantician Alina knows the answer.

Georges


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