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Proper noun:

  • historical Lands inhabited by Ukrainians (Ruthenians) of the former Austrian Empire kingdom of Galicia (1772?1918), corresponding to parts of Western Ukraine.
  • historical Rus, an East Slavic medieval state (880?12th c), corresponding to parts of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.
  • historical Western East-Slavic lands, including the principalities of Halych-Volynia and Kiev, which united with Lithuania and Poland (14th c?1772), corresponding to parts of Belarus and Ukraine.
  • The territory of Eastern Europe inhabited by Rusyns, on the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in parts of Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia.

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