Given the following passage

"In Ruthenia the nobility gradually gravitated its loyalty towards the multicultural and multilingual Grand Duchy of Lithuania after the principalities of Halych and Volhynia became a part of it. Many noble Ruthenian families intermarried with Lithuanian ones.",

answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text.

Question: Was Volhynia Ruthenian or Lithuanian?
Lithuanian
Lithuanian. The passage states that "the principalities of Halych and Volhynia became a part of [the Grand Duchy of Lithuania]"..