Ten things you didn't know about Russia

[Maria Dmytrieva]

Borsht is actually not a Russian dish but a Ukrainian one.    
     
The name Great Russia comes from the Byzantines who called the northern and southern part of the lands of Rus’ as: њ±єБ¬ ЎЙГЇ± (Makra Rosia - Great Rus’) and њ№єБ¬ ЎЙГЇ± (Mikra Rosia - Minor Rus’ or Little Rus’), respectively, following the pattern used for Greece -- where Little Greece was the centre and Great Greece were its colonies.    
    
The very name Russia applied to Moscow Princedom was first introduced by Peter the Great (Butcher) who sent money to foreign ambassadors so that they called this country in their official papers Russia, not in any other way.    
    
With best regards,    
Maria    

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