Editing Ruthenia (section)

== Late Middle Ages ==
{{See also|Gathering of the Russian lands}}
By the 15th century, the [[Grand Duchy of Moscow|Moscow principality]] had established its sovereignty over a large portion of former Kievan territory and began to fight Lithuania over Ruthenian lands.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/place/Grand-Principality-of-Moscow Grand Principality of Moscow] [[Britannica]]</ref><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-III Ivan III] [[Britannica]]</ref> In 1547, the Moscow principality adopted the title of [[Tsardom of Rus|The Great Principat of Moscow and Tsardom of the Whole Rus]] and claimed sovereignty over [[All the Russias|"all the Rus'"]] — acts not recognized by its neighbour Poland.<ref>Dariusz Kupisz, Psków 1581–1582, Warszawa 2006, s. 55–201.</ref> The Muscovy population was [[Eastern Orthodox]] and preferred to use the Greek transliteration ''Rossiya'' (Ῥωσία)<ref name="Kamusella2008">{{cite book|author= T. Kamusella|title= The Politics of Language and Nationalism in Modern Central Europe|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JzkWDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA164|date= 16 December 2008|publisher= Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn= 978-0-230-58347-4|pages= 164–165}}</ref> rather than the Latin "Ruthenia".

In the 14th century, the southern territories of Rus', including the principalities of [[Galicia–Volhynia]] and [[Kiev]], became part of the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]], which in 1384 united with [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] [[Poland]] in a union which became the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] in 1569. Due to their usage of the [[Latin script]] rather than the [[Cyrillic script]], they were usually denoted by the [[Latin]] name ''Ruthenia''. Other spellings were also used in Latin, [[English language|English]], and other languages during this period.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} Contemporaneously, the [[Ruthenian Voivodeship]] was established in the territory of [[Galicia-Volhynia]] and existed until the 18th century.

These southern territories include:
* [[Galicia–Volhynia]] or the [[Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia]] ({{Langx|uk|Галич-Волинь|translit=Halych-Volyn}} or {{Langx|uk|Галицько-Волинське королівство|translit=Halytsko-Volynske korolivstvo|label=none}}; {{Langx|pl|Ruś Halicko-Wołyńska}} or {{Langx|pl|Księstwo halicko-wołyńskie|label=none}})
* [[Galicia (Central Europe)|Galicia]] ({{Langx|uk|Галич|translit=Halych}} or {{Langx|uk|Галицько-Волинська Русь|translit=Halytsko-Volynska Rus|label=none}}; {{Langx|pl|Ruś Halicka}})
* [[White Ruthenia]], (eastern part of modern [[Belarus]]; {{Langx|be|Белая Русь|translit=Belaia Rus}}; {{Langx|pl|Ruś Biała}})
* [[Black Ruthenia]] (a western part of modern Belarus; {{Langx|be|Чорная Русь|translit=Chornaia Rus}} {{Langx|pl|Ruś Czarna}})
* Galicia, or [[Red Ruthenia]], western [[Ukraine]] and southeast Poland; ({{Langx|uk|Червона Русь|translit=Chervona Rus}}; {{Langx|pl|Ruś Czerwona}})
* [[Carpathian Ruthenia]] ({{Langx|uk|Карпатська Русь|translit=Karpatska Rus}}; {{Langx|pl|Ruś Podkarpacka|lit=Subcarpathian Ruthenia}})

The [[Tsardom of Russia|Russian Tsardom]] was officially called ''Velikoye Knyazhestvo Moskovskoye (Великое Княжество Московское),'' the [[Grand Duchy of Moscow]], until 1547, although [[Ivan III of Russia|Ivan III]] (1440–1505, {{reign | 1462 | 1505 }}) had earlier borne the title "Great Tsar of All Russia".<ref>
{{cite book
|last1= Trepanier|first1= Lee
|title= Political Symbols in Russian History: Church, State, and the Quest for Order and Justice
|date= 2010|publisher= Lexington Books|isbn= 9780739117897|pages= 38–39, 60
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=-iYhlLgLXYQC
}}
</ref>