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On the world Fra Mauro map (1459), the territory of Novgorod-Moscow Rus' between Volga and White Sea is called White Russia (Rossia Biancha). This map gives the following explanation: [4] This distinction, which is made between White, Black and Red Rus' has no other reason than that that part of Russia that is near the White Sea is called White ...
The Russian Tsardom was officially called Velikoye Knyazhestvo Moskovskoye (Великое Княжество Московское), the Grand Duchy of Moscow, until 1547, although Ivan III (1440–1505, r. 1462–1505) had earlier borne the title "Great Tsar of All Russia". [30]
As standard Russian has no definite article at all, the appearance of a postpositioned definite article in Northern Russian dialects may be due to influence from Old Norse. [130] As for standard Russian, just like in Old Norse, and in the modern Scandinavian languages, there is a passive construction using an enclitic reflexive pronoun , -s in ...
The native Russian national personification is "Родина мать" Mother Motherland (the statue of it located on the Mamay hill "Мамаев курган" in Volgograd /former Stalingrad/), called Mother Russia at the West. [citation needed] In Russia another state symbol would be White or Silver Birch Trees or chamomile. Chamomile can be ...
Following his victory, Trump called Russian president Vladimir Putin to warn him not to escalate the Russian invasion of Ukraine, expressing an interest in resolving the war at a later date. [45] Trump met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the campaign and on the reinauguration of the Notre Dame Cathedral. [46]
Russian World by O. Kuzmina (CGI, 2015).It depicts Saint Basil's Cathedral of Moscow behind the monument to Minin and Pozharsky.. The "Russian world" (Russian: Русский мир, romanized: Rússkiy mir) is a concept and a political doctrine usually defined as the sphere of military, political and cultural influence of Russia.
The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod (unveiled on 8 September 1862). The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. [1] [2] The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in the year 862, ruled by Varangians.
Linked to the "Russian World" idea is the concept of "Russian compatriots"; a term by which the Kremlin refers to the Russian diaspora and Russian-speakers in other countries. [132] In her book Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire (2016), Agnia Grigas highlights how "Russian compatriots" have become an "instrument of Russian neo-imperial aims ...