What (who) is Ruthenian - definition
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Ruthenian language (disambiguation); Ruthenian (disambiguation); Ruthene
Ruthenian
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¦ noun a native or inhabitant of Ruthenia, a region of central Europe.
¦ adjective relating to Ruthenia.
Ruthenian language
![''Ruthenian Language Grammar'', by [[Stepan Smal-Stotsky]] and [[Theodor Gartner]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rusyn language grammar 1914.png?width=200 "''Ruthenian Language Grammar'', by [[Stepan Smal-Stotsky]] and [[Theodor Gartner]]")
HISTORICAL SLAVIC LANGUAGE, ANCESTOR OF BELARUSIAN, RUSYN, AND UKRAINIAN; OFFICIAL, LITERARY AND SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF LITHUANIA, MOLDAVIAN PRINCIPALITY AND EAST SLAVIC VOIVODESHIPS OF THE POLISH-LITHUANIAN COMMONWEALTH
Old Ruthenian; Old Ukrainian language; Old Belarussian language; Old Belarusian language; Old Belarusian; Old Ruthenian language (Lithuania); Chancery Slavonic; Old belarusian language; Old Ukrainian; Ruska mova; Ruthenian languages; Ruthene language; West Russian written language; West Russian language; Old West Russian language; Old West Russian written language; Old Belarussian; Old Rusyn language; Old Rusyn; West Ruthenian language; Western Ruthenian language
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Ruthenians
![Ruthenians of [[Chełm]] in 1861.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chelm1861R.jpg?width=200 "Ruthenians of [[Chełm]] in 1861.")
![Latin memorial plate from 1521, that mentions king [[Odoacer]] as ''Rex Rhutenorum'' ([[Petersfriedhof]], Salzburg)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Petersfriedhof-Kat-Martyrer.jpg?width=200 "Latin memorial plate from 1521, that mentions king [[Odoacer]] as ''Rex Rhutenorum'' ([[Petersfriedhof]], Salzburg)")
![Carpathian]] Ruthenians;<br /> 4, 5. [[Podolia]]n Ruthenians.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rusini1836.jpg?width=200 "Carpathian]] Ruthenians;<br /> 4, 5. [[Podolia]]n Ruthenians.")
![Ruthenians of [[Podlachia]] in the second half of the 19th century.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Русини з Підляшшя.jpg?width=200 "Ruthenians of [[Podlachia]] in the second half of the 19th century.")
![[[Kyivan Rus']], also known as Ruthenia, c. 1230](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/001 Kievan Rus' Kyivan Rus' Ukraine map 1220 1240.jpg?width=200 "[[Kyivan Rus']], also known as Ruthenia, c. 1230")
![1907 linguistic and ethnographic map that indicates [[Ukrainians]] as "[[Little Russia]]ns or Ruthenians"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Народонаселеніе и языки ЕВРОПЫ 1907 С-П. РИ..jpg?width=200 "1907 linguistic and ethnographic map that indicates [[Ukrainians]] as \"[[Little Russia]]ns or Ruthenians\"")
![1927 Polish map that indicates Ukrainians as "Ruthenians" ("Rusini"), and [[Belarusians]] as "White Ruthenians" ("Bialo Rusini").](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Польська карта народо-населення Центральної Європи 1927 року..jpg?width=200 "1927 Polish map that indicates Ukrainians as \"Ruthenians\" (\"Rusini\"), and [[Belarusians]] as \"White Ruthenians\" (\"Bialo Rusini\").")
HISTORICAL ETHNONYM OF PEOPLE OF RUS REGION
Ruthenes; Ruthenian people; Rutheni; Ruthene people; Ruthenia (Habsburg Monarchy)
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. Latin term Rutheni was found in medieval sources to describe all Eastern Slavs of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, as an exonym for people of the former Kievan Rus', thus including ancestors of the modern Ukrainians, Rusyns, and Belarusians (later known as White Ruthenians).
Examples of use of Ruthenian
1. As a devoutly religious man, whose family was descended from the Slavic Rusyn (Ruthenian) Catholic Church, Warhol (1'28–1'87) was more than a little familiar with the Jews‘ biblical history.