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Ruthenian and Ruthene are exonyms of Latin origin, formerly used in Eastern and Central Europe as common ethnonyms for East Slavs, particularly during the late medieval and early modern periods. The L
A boy with the pilgrimage flag with the Ruthenian lion during the Ruthenian pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1906
Ruthenians of Kholm (Chełm) in 1861.
Ruthenians of Podlachia in the second half of the 19th century.
Latin memorial plate from 1521, that mentions king Odoacer as Rex Rhutenorum (Petersfriedhof, Salzburg).
Ruthenia
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Ruthenia is an exonym, originally used in Medieval Latin, as one of several terms for Rus'. The ethnonym Ruthenians was used to refer to the East Slavic and Eastern Orthodox people of the Grand Duchy
Ruthenians
…of the modern states of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia – was known in Western Europe by a variety of names derived from Rus'. The Latinised terms such as Ruthenia or Ruthenorum were applied to Kievan Rus' and its rulers from the 11th century. The Ruthenian language (Ruthenian: ру́скаꙗ мо́ва, русинська мова) was…
Ruthenian lion, which was used as a representative coat of arms of Ruthenia during the Council of Constance in the 15th century