Russia named after Kievan Rus'
Etymology
The name Russia comes from a Medieval Latin name for Rus', a medieval state populated primarily by the East Slavs. In modern historiography, this state is usually denoted as Kievan Rus' after its capital city. The name Rus' itself comes from the early medieval Rus' people, who were originally a group of Norse merchants and warriors who relocated from across the Baltic Sea and first settled in the northern region of Novgorod, and later founded a state centred on Kiev. Another Medieval Latin name for Rus' was Ruthenia.In Russian, the current name of the country, Россияcode: rus promoted to code: ru  (Rossiyacode: rus promoted to code: ru ), comes from the Byzantine Greek name for Rus', Ρωσία (Rosía). A new form of the name Rus', Росияcode: rus promoted to code: ru  (Rosiyacode: rus promoted to code: ru ), was borrowed from the Greek term and first attested in 1387, before coming into official use by the 15th century, though the country was still often referred to by its inhabitants as Rus' or the Russian land until the end of the 17th century. There are two words in Russian which translate to "Russians" in English – русскиеcode: rus promoted to code: ru  (russkiyecode: rus promoted to code: ru ), which refers to ethnic Russians, and россиянеcode: rus promoted to code: ru  (rossiyanecode: rus promoted to code: ru ), which refers to Russian citizens, regardless of ethnicity.
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