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Great Russia is an obsolete name formerly applied to the territories of "Russia proper", the land that formed the core of Muscovy and, later, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. The name is said to have come from the Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 Makra Rosia (?a??? ??s?a) used by Byzantines
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 for the northern part of the lands of Rus'.

Later, Russian Tsars adopted the word - their official title included the wording (literal translation): "The Sovereign of all Rus': the Great, the Little
Little Russia

Little Russia, sometimes Little or Lesser Etymology of Rus and derivatives , was the name for a part of the historically settled territory of modern-day Ukraine before the twentieth century, at the time of the Russian Empire and earlier....
, and the White
White Russia

"White Russia " is a name that has historically been applied to various regions in Eastern Europe, most often to that which roughly corresponds to present-day Belarus....
".

Similarly, the terms Great Russian language
Great Russian language

Great Russian language is a name given in the 19th century to the Russian language as opposed to the Ukrainian language and Belarusian language languages....
 (????????????? ????, Velikorusskiy yazyk) and Great Russians (???????????, Velikorossy), have fallen out of use.








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Great Russia is an obsolete name formerly applied to the territories of "Russia proper", the land that formed the core of Muscovy and, later, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. The name is said to have come from the Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 Makra Rosia (?a??? ??s?a) used by Byzantines
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 for the northern part of the lands of Rus'.

Later, Russian Tsars adopted the word - their official title included the wording (literal translation): "The Sovereign of all Rus': the Great, the Little
Little Russia

Little Russia, sometimes Little or Lesser Etymology of Rus and derivatives , was the name for a part of the historically settled territory of modern-day Ukraine before the twentieth century, at the time of the Russian Empire and earlier....
, and the White
White Russia

"White Russia " is a name that has historically been applied to various regions in Eastern Europe, most often to that which roughly corresponds to present-day Belarus....
".

Similarly, the terms Great Russian language
Great Russian language

Great Russian language is a name given in the 19th century to the Russian language as opposed to the Ukrainian language and Belarusian language languages....
 (????????????? ????, Velikorusskiy yazyk) and Great Russians (???????????, Velikorossy), have fallen out of use.

See also

  • Etymology of Rus and derivatives: From Rus to Rossiya
  • Little Russia
    Little Russia

    Little Russia, sometimes Little or Lesser Etymology of Rus and derivatives , was the name for a part of the historically settled territory of modern-day Ukraine before the twentieth century, at the time of the Russian Empire and earlier....
  • White Russia
    White Russia

    "White Russia " is a name that has historically been applied to various regions in Eastern Europe, most often to that which roughly corresponds to present-day Belarus....