where did the last mentioned place take its name from?
The name "Russia" is derived from Rus', a medieval state populated mostly by the East Slavs.
Russia
The name "Russia" is derived from Rus', a medieval state populated mostly by the East Slavs.
who would call the sea of japan the east sea South Korea where is this sea? It is bordered by Japan, Korea (North and South) and Russia.
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Russia [SEP] Etymology
The name "Russia" is derived from Rus', a medieval state populated mostly by the East Slavs. However, this proper name became more prominent in the later history, and the country typically was called by its inhabitants "Русская Земля" ("russkaja zemlja"), which can be translated as "Russian Land" or "Land of Rus'". In order to distinguish this state from other states derived from it, it is denoted as "Kievan Rus'" by modern historiography. The name "Rus" itself comes from the early medieval Rus' people, Swedish merchants and warriors who relocated from across the Baltic Sea and founded a state centered on Novgorod that later became Kievan Rus.