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In the Russian Tsardom, the word Russia replaced the old name Rus ' in official documents, though the names Rus ' and Russian land were still common and synonymous to it, [54] and often appeared in the form Great Russia (Russian: Великая Россия), which is more typical of the 17th century, [55] whereas the state was also known as ...
Ivan Kerzelli (fl. 18th century) Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784) Timofiy Bilohradsky (c. 1710 – c. 1782) Grigory Teplov (1711/1717–1779) Gregory Skovoroda (1722–1794) Yelizaveta Belogradskaya (c.1739 – c. 1764) Anna Bon (c. 1739 – after 1767) Vasily Pashkevich (c. 1742 – 1797) Maxim Berezovsky (c. 1745 – 1777) Ivan Khandoshkin ...
From the 17th century, the second name with suffix -ович (-ovich) was the privilege given by the tsar to commoners. For example, in 1610, Tsar Vasili IV gave to the Stroganovs, who were merchants, the privilege to use patronyms.
The Russian state partly remained referred to as Moscovia (English: Muscovy) throughout Europe, predominantly in its Catholic part, though this Latin term was never used in Russia. [34] The two names Russia and Moscovia appear to have co-existed as interchangeable during the late 16th century and throughout the 17th century with different ...
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In medieval Russia two types of names were in use: canonical names given at baptism (calendar or Christian names, usually modified) and non-canonical. The 14th century was marked by the elimination of non-canonical names, that ended by the 18th century. In the 20th century after the October Revolution the whole idea of a name changed. It was a ...
The list begins with the semi-legendary prince Rurik of Novgorod, sometime in the mid-9th century, and ends with Nicholas II, who abdicated in 1917, and was executed with his family in 1918. Two dynasties have ruled Russia: the Rurikids (862–1598) and Romanovs (from 1613). [1] [2]
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:17th-century Russian Jews and Category:17th-century Russian women The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.