Red RutheniaRed Ruthenia (Ruś Czerwona in Polish) is the name used since the medieval times to refer to the area known as Eastern Galicia prior to WWI. Originally it was related to a certain territory between Western Bug and Wieprz rivers. Its Polish name was Ziemia czerwieńska, or "Czerwień Land" by the name of the town that existed there. (Today there are several towns with this name, none of them related to Red Ruthenia). This area was mentioned first time in 981, when Vladimir of Kievan Rus took the area over on the way inside Poland.\nIn 1018 it returned to Poland, 1031 back to Rus, in 1340 Casimir III of Poland recoverd it back. Since these times the name Ruś Czerwona is recorded, translated as "Red Ruthenia" ("Czerwień" means red color in Polish language), applied to a territory extended up to Dniester River, with priority gradually transferred to Przemysl. Since the times of Wladyslaw Jagiello, the Przemysl voivodhip was called Ruthenian Voivodship ("województwo ruskie"), with the priority eventually transferred to Lvov. It consisted of five lands: of Lvov, Sanok, Halicz, Przemysl, and Chelm. City of Halicz gave the name to "Galicia". Between WWI and WWII this belonged to Poland. Presently, this area is split. The Western part is the area of Poland around Przemysl, the Eastern part (around Lvov) is a part of Western Ukraine.Related articles |
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