People ethnically identified as Russians have been politically and culturally dominant in a vast area for five hundred years of tsarist and Soviet imperial expansion.

Ancient name for russia. Other notable bearers include the Russian author Ivan Turgenev 1818-1883 who wrote Fathers and Sons and the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov 1849-1936 who is best known for his discovery. Roman cognomen of unknown meaning possibly from a combination of Greek ἄγριος agrios meaning wild and ἵππος hippos meaning horse or alternatively of Etruscan origin. Their origin and identity are much in dispute.

The name Aeifor in reference to the fourth cataract is also attested on the Pilgårds runestone from the 10th c. The name Rus comes from an Old Norse word for the men who row Historical sources from the period are scarce so it is impossible to state anything with absolute certainty. Kievan Rus or Kyivan Rus Old East Slavic.

Romanov This is probably the most famous family name in Russia. I n the early part of the ninth century as part of the same great movement that brough the Danes to England and the Norsemen to Western Europe a Scandanavian people known. 1530s from Medieval Latin Russi the people of Russia from Rus the native name of the people and the country source of Arabic Rus Medieval Greek Rhos originally the name of a group of Swedish merchantwarriors who established themselves around Kiev 9c.

Modern Russia derives its name from the Kevian Rus the ancestors of Russia Ukraine and Belarus. Sʲɪˈbʲirʲ is an extensive geographical region in North AsiaIt has been a part of Russia since the latter half of the 16th century after the Russians conquered lands east of the Ural MountainsSiberia is vast and sparse and covers an area of over 131 million square kilometres 5100000 sq mi but is. It was also borne by nine emperors of Bulgaria.

It was also used as a praenomen or given name by the Furia and Menenia families. Agrippa m f Ancient Roman Biblical. The House of Romanov ruled Russia for more than 300 years starting with their.

In ancient Russia and in India the cities were built to serve as forts for protection and defence against. 11 Names in Poland. This was the name of six Russian rulers including the 15th-century Ivan III the Great and 16th-century Ivan IV the Terrible the first tsar of Russia.