Russia · An umbrella term for the territory of modern Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, inhabited by the East Slavic Christian Orthodox people. Used until the 20th century. · name of a St. Petersburg daily newspaper published from 1903 to 1908
çekim: tamlayan руси́
eş: Русская земля, Древняя Русь
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).
Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)
çekim: tamlayan оросын
köken: From Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠤᠰ᠋ (Orus), from Middle Mongol 斡羅思 (orus), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Initial О- (O-) is a prosthetic determined by vowel harmony, as native Mongolian does not allow a word-initial rhotic consonant.
Rus (a people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century) · Rus (any of the medieval East Slavic principalities established by Scandinavian warrior merchants)