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Publication Place: London
Publication Date: 1971
Editor: Ostrowski Wiktor
Sizes: 130 s., il., 30cm
Category: History
Book Collection: BTH — the library of the Belarusian Historical Association, ul. Proletariacka 11, Białystok (hardcopy)
Copy Numbers: BTH — [874]
The English term "White Russia" originated, most probably, from the Latin "Russia Alba" or "Ruthenia Alba" which is the literal translation from Slavonic "Byelaya Rus". ('ye' pronounced as in English 'yet' and 'u' as in 'rule'). The term "Russia" without any adjective but with its present meaning was unknown in English terminology until the beginning of the l8-th cen., and the territory now known as "Russia" was called "Muscovy" or "Moscovia".
Catalog: BTH