Russian or Rossiyan?

Russia vs Rossiya

   The greatest controversy among the names of countries or ethnic groups is the English-langual name “Russia”, where “Russians” (a synonym for Rusyns) live. At first glance, there is nothing surprising when compared with “France” and “Frenchman”. But France is a republic, not a federation. The Russian Federation has not only many ethnic groups, but even different races. Did this country gather all the Rusyns?
   I think when the US calls itself Anglo-Saxonia, the British won't like it. This is exactly what irritates Ukrainians, who largely belong to the Rusyn ethnic group.
   Historically, the ethnic group that the name “Russia“ refers to, comes from the lands of Kyiv Rus (modern Ukraine). These lands are located outside of Russia. In Russia this ethnic group is a minority and has lost its original culture and language. Or rather, their culture merged with the cultures of the Finno-Ugric ethnic groups, which do not even belong to the Slavs. The English-speaking world noticed this contradiction and tried to correct the error in 1998. Screenshot from the updated dictionary:

It's a shame that inertia (or laziness) prevents these fixes from being widely used. The following table gives the modern meaning of the names in relation to Russia, Rus' and Ukraine.

Category	Name	Meaning	Note
Ethnos	Rus	Rus	The original name of the ethnic group of Kyiv Rus.
	Rusych	Rus	An ancient name common among the Rus.
	Rusyn	Rus	Used by most other Slavs to define Rus. Then it began to be used in the western part of Rus'.
	Ruthenian	Rus	The name “Rusyn”, phonetically adapted by Western states. It is almost never used among Rusyns.
	Ruskiy	Rus	Used by the Poles and passed on to the Rusyns.
	Russian	?	Phonetically adapted from “Ruskiy“. Modern usage for ethnos is uncertain, as it was used to determine citizenship of Russia (a multinational state).This name carries territorial claims.
	Lemko	Rus	The Rusyns of the Lemko region, whose land together with the population was transferred to Poland by Soveits, were scattered throughout the territory of Poland (Operation Vistula) to suppress resistance to the OUN UPA.
Country	Rus'	An ancient state formation originating from Kyiv Rus. Capital city: Kyiv.
	Ukraine	Ukrainian Republic. Capital city: Kyiv.
	Rossiya	Rossiyan Federation. Capital city: Moscow. Origins from the Russian Empire which included Kyiv Rus territory.
	Russia	Controversial name of Rossiyan Federation. Name Russia carries name of etnos which lives outside the federation. So, it carries territorial claims.
Citizenship	Ukrainian	Citizen of Ukraine	For the diaspora, it can mean Rusyn (ethnically) or anyone originated from the territory of Ukraine.
	Russian	?	The modern use of this word to indicate citizenship is contradictory, since it pointss a no longer existing state entity - Rus'. For the diaspora, it may mean origin from the former Soviet Union, those who could communicate in the state language of the USSR.
	Rossiyan	Citizen of Rossiya	For the diaspora, it may mean origin from Rossiya, even in the absence of Rossiyan citizenship.

Further, the use of the words “Russia” and “Russian” provokes the Russian Federation to recall these words in real terms - to take in other Rusyns by force. This name carries territorial claims.

How a provocative title works. The word Rusyns flew into the ether of the Russian media in 2008. All political scenes began to mention the oppression of the Subcarpathian Rusyns. The Russian propaganda machine took the word Rusyns as “Russian“ and began to angrily shame the Ukrainian “Nazis“. Everything calmed down on one day, when the first reports from the places of “oppression“ reached Moscow. The following photo with young Subcarpathian Rusyns dressed up for the holiday speaks for itself about what ethnic group does this youth belong to.

In the photo with young people in Ukrainian folk clothes, a traditional church can be seen in the background.