Ruthenia

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Ruthenia is a historical region of Eastern Europe traditionally associated with the medieval East Slavic lands that later formed parts of modern Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, and Slovakia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical geographic term
historical region
associatedWith East Slavs
borderedBy Carpathian Mountains
Lithuanian lands
Polish lands
steppe regions to the south
ethnicallyAssociatedWith Belarusians
Ruthenians
linked to: Rusyns

Ukrainians
hasSubregion Black Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia

Carpathian Ruthenia
Red Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia

Subcarpathian Ruthenia
linked to: Carpathian Ruthenia

Transcarpathian Ruthenia
linked to: Carpathian Ruthenia

White Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia
historicallyPartOf Austrian Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Czechoslovakia
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Kievan Rus'
linked to: Kyivan Rus

Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Poland
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Russian Empire
historicalNameFor parts of modern Belarus
parts of modern eastern Slovakia
parts of modern southeastern Poland
parts of modern western Ukraine
linguisticallyAssociatedWith East Slavic languages
Ruthenian language
linked to: Rusyn language
locatedIn Eastern Europe
nameDerivedFrom Latin word Rutheni
nameRelatedTo Rus'
Ruthenian
linked to: Rusyns
partlyInModernCountry Belarus
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Ukraine
religiouslyAssociatedWith Eastern Catholicism
Eastern Orthodoxy
usedBy Austrian authorities
Hungarian authorities
Latin-speaking medieval authors
Polish chroniclers
usedInPeriod 19th century
Middle Ages
early modern period

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Kingdom of Hungary hasPart Ruthenia
Gomel historicalRegion Ruthenia
Olgovichi historicalRegion Ruthenia
Volhynia partOf Ruthenia
Hürrem Sultan placeOfBirth Ruthenia
Casimir III the Great expandedTerritory Red Ruthenia
subject linked to: King Casimir III the Great
linked to: Ruthenia
Rechytsa locatedInHistoricalRegion East Slavic lands
linked to: Ruthenia
Carpathian Ruthenia historicalName Rusinsko
linked to: Ruthenia
Sloboda Ukraine partOf Ukrainian historical lands
linked to: Ruthenia
Ruthenia hasSubregion Red Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia
Ruthenia hasSubregion Black Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia
Ruthenia hasSubregion White Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia
Lubart regionOfActivity Ruthenia
Orsha historicalRegion Ruthenia
Sieniawski family territorialBase Ruthenian lands of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
linked to: Ruthenia
Potocki family historicalRegion Red Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia
Sanok historicalRegion Red Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia
Ruthenian Voivodeship historicalRegion Red Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia
Transleithania hasComponent Ruthenia
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland hasTerritory Ruthenian lands of the Crown
linked to: Ruthenia
Jarosław historicalRegion Red Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia
Gediminas expandedInto Ruthenian lands
linked to: Ruthenia
San River historicalRegion Ruthenia
Ukraine–Poland includesHistoricalRegion Red Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia
Pereiaslavl region historical Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia
Radwan coat of arms usedInTerritory Ruthenian lands of the Commonwealth
linked to: Ruthenia
Rostislavichi of Galicia historicalRegion Red Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia
Roman Danylovych culture Ruthenian culture
linked to: Ruthenia
Principality of Kiev locatedIn East Slavic lands
linked to: Ruthenia
Prince of Halych associatedWith Galicia–Volhynia culture
linked to: Ruthenia
Prince of Halych associatedWith medieval Ruthenia
linked to: Ruthenia