Little Russia (Malorus) [as opposed to greater Russia?] is also a name for Ukraine, printed directly over Kief [sic] Kiev. Bear in mind these areas are not shown on the map with any boundaries. They are simply named areas; I stated which cities they are near in the event you wish to pinpoint their general location.
Also depicted, with no boundaries, is Great Poland and Little Poland. Neither area appears different in size. The former near Warsaw, the latter- Cracow. So these names do not exactly mean what we may interpret them as meaning today.
Interestingly, today the only term remaining is Belarus. One MAY hear Malorus for Ukraine, but very seldom.
Wiki says, this colour designation scheme used in western sources of XV-XVII, but it wasn't found in eastern slavic sources. Now accepted to consider it in a broad sence all russian lands that was under Grand Duchy of Lithuania and The Rzeczpospolita. Meaning in a narrow sense already Nannette told.
Following western colour system, there is stilll more Червонная Русь (lat: Russia Rubra), although there are mentions about in chronicle of 981.
In Byzantium used dichotomous scheme Great and Small Russia.
Speaking historically. Relatives said they were black Russian. Said the were german living in that area. REGION?
Found it
Black Ruthenia (Latin: Ruthenia Nigra), Black Rus (Belarusian: Чорная Русь, Polish: Ru? Czarna), or Black Russia[1] – all variant conventional terms – identified a historic region around Navahrudak (Novgorodok), in the western part of contemporary Belarus on the upper reaches of the Neman River. Besides Navahrudak, other important cities of the Black Ruthenian region included Hrodna (Grodno), Slonim, Volkovysk (Va?kavysk) and Niasvizh
there was no "Russia" those times. Many regions of Eastern Europe in different times had "Rus" as part of their name. And it has nothing to do with modern Russia.
Besides Black, White, etc... Rus's there was also Red Rus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rutheni...
As well as White, Blue and Grey Hordes and many other strange for modern people names.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hordes_of_...
Not that I ever heard of. There is a cocktail called a Black Russian. It's made from a mixture of Vodka and Coffee Liquor. I'm guessing that that is what you're thinking of.
first of all, it was Black Ru?, not russia, two very different things. According to polish sources, colour names of the Rus lands are taken somewhere in XIII century from eastern Asian nomads, which used colours to describe direction of the world: red=south, white=west, black=north, blue=east, green=center
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ruth...
it's the ghetto neighborhoods with blacks.
I havent heard of it...
