Русь — meaning in English
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Русь is used for these senses in English:
- Rus A people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century, and whose settlements around Novgorod, Kiev/Kyiv and the Volga and Dnieper/Dnipro gave rise to the Rus' principalities. [from 19th c.]
- Rus Kievan Rus, the medieval East Slavic state established by these same warrior merchants in the 9th century, whose capital was in Kiev.
- Rus Any of the medieval East Slavic principalities ruled by this class, especially Kievan Rus.
- Russia A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991.
Russia — full definition
- name A vast country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, with Moscow as its capital.
- name Historically, also used to refer to the Russian Empire (1721–1917) or, informally, the former Soviet Union.
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