Russians live in Russia for 20 years. But often call themselves Russian, probably decided that only they have Russia. Oh, and by analogy, such as Russian as their territory. Although, after the collapse of the empire, more correctly in the old samonazyvatsya Muscovy, and people-Muscovites.
Why Andrei Rublev is a modern language "Russian" is clear from the next historical reference.
"In the XVIII-XIX centuries introduced a new collective ethnonym Russian, which stands at once, all three East Slavic nation.
Ancient collective designation of all the inhabitants of the ancient Russian state was Russia. To denote the same unit used the word Ruthenian, which occurs first in the treaties of the Russian princes with the Greeks in the X century. "
"In 1254 Daniil Galitsky took a Dorogochine title" King of Russia "from Pope Innocent IV, founded the Galician Royal House. Descendants of Daniel called himself rex Russiae or duces totius terrae Russiae, Galiciae et Lodomeriae («King of Russia" or "Prince of the whole earth Russian, Galician and Vladimir). Radical (an Eastern) population of Galicia (Galicia), Bukovina, Transcarpathia called itself the "Ruska" or "Ruthenians."
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