Red Ruthenia

Red Rus or Red Russia (Latin: Ruthenia Rubra or Russia Rubra, Ukrainian: Червона Русь, Chervona Rus, Polish: Ruś Czerwona, Russian: Червоная Русь, Chervonaya Rus) is a historic term used since the Middle Ages for southeastern Poland and Western Ukraine. First mentioned in a 1321 Polish chronicle, it was the portion of Rus' incorporated into Poland by Casimir the Great during the 14th century. Its name reportedly derives from the old Slavonic use of colours for the cardinal points of the compass. The totem-god Svetovid had four faces; his northern face was white, his western face red, southern black and eastern green. However, Black Ruthenia is west of White Ruthenia. According to another theory, its name is related to the Cherven Cities; some settlements in the area have names related to the color red (cherv- root).

Since the 14th century (after the disintegration of Ruthenia), Red Ruthenia was contested by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (the Gediminids), the Kingdom of Poland (the Piasts), the Kingdom of Hungary and the Kingdom of Ruthenia. After the Galicia–Volhynia Wars, for about 400 years most of Red Ruthenia became part of Poland as the Ruthenian Voivodeship. The historic Red Ruthenia, reaching Przemyśl and Sanok in the southwest, has been primarily inhabited for nearly a millennium by the Ruthenians.

Czerwona

Czerwona [t͡ʂɛrˈvɔna] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ciepielów, within Lipsko County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Ciepielów, 17 km (11 mi) west of Lipsko, and 117 km (73 mi) south of Warsaw.

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Coordinates: 51°12′00″N 21°26′00″E / 51.2000°N 21.4333°E / 51.2000; 21.4333

Czerwona (river)

Czerwona is a river of Poland, which terminates in the Baltic Sea.

Coordinates: 54°13′45″N 15°47′56″E / 54.229081°N 15.798811°E / 54.229081; 15.798811