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Historical region called Russia (Русся), but suffix -sia (-sia) was dropped in Slavic language, because it means this/there: Russia (Русся) -> Rus` sia (Русь ся
by drran 6y ago
Historical region called Russia (Русся), but suffix -sia (-sia) was dropped in Slavic language, because it means this/there: Russia (Русся) -> Rus` sia (Русь ся), Rus` there.
Russia founded by descendants of Russia town, now called Old Russa (Старая Русса), which left their town due to epidemic of plague of Justinian.
- ceilingcorner 6y agoRussia didn't exist until nearly a thousand years after the plague of Justinian. Unless you just mean the plague? In either case, Rus comes from the Scandinavians, not from the Slavs.
- drran 6y agoRead the docs. https://www.mgh-bibliothek.de/dokumente/a/a011458.pdf https://www.mgh-bibliothek.de/dokumente/a/a011458.pdf