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<p><b><i>Ruthenian</i></b> and <b><i>Ruthene</i></b> are <a href="page.php?w=exonym">exonym</a>s of <a href="page.php?w=Latin_language">Latin</a> origin, formerly used in Eastern and Central Europe as common <a href="page.php?w=Ethnonym">ethnonyms</a> for <a href="page.php?w=East_Slavs">East Slavs</a>, particularly during the <a href="page.php?w=late_medieval">late medieval</a> and <a href="page.php?w=early_modern">early modern</a> periods. The Latin term <i>Rutheni</i> was used in medieval sources to describe all Eastern Slavs of the <a href="page.php?w=Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania">Grand Duchy of Lithuania</a>,</p><p>
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