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Quicknation Belarus Russian
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Russian
Etymology
"Russian" originally meant "belonging to Rus'"; Rus' originally was a Slavonic word for the Varangians and other Scandinavians who set up a kingdom centered on Kiev; then for the kingdom that they set up; then the name was gradually transferred to the area's native Slavonic population. This is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |
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