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Russian unification ? Well.. the Ukraine, Russia and Belarus have always been one until the Soviet Union came down. In English the Ukraine are also referred to as Lesser Rus’, Little Russia etc. In Dutch originally the same definition was used: Klein-Rusland. In German as well. In Russian as well: Мала Русь, Малороссия.
And look at the word Belarus. White Russia. White Russians. Беларусь, Белорусы.
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