Great Russia
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Great Russia or Velikorossiya (Template:Lang-ru), originally Great Rus', is the obsolete name fomerly applied to the territories of what was "Russia proper", the land that formed the core of Muscovy and, later, Russia. The name is equivalent to the Greek Μακρα Ρωσία (Makra Rosia) used by Byzantines for the northern part of the lands of Rus'. The term was later adopted by the Muscovite and, later, Russian Tsars and Emperors, whose official title included the wording (literal translation): "The Sovereign of all Rus': the Great, the Little, and the the White"
Similarly, the terms Great Russian language (Великорусский язык, Velikorusskiy yazyk) and Great Russians (Великороссы, Velikorossy), have mostly fallen out of use.