Grand Duchy of Ruthenia

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The Grand Duchy of Ruthenia was a proposed 17th-century political entity within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth intended to grant broad autonomy and equal status to the Ruthenian (Ukrainian and Belarusian) lands alongside Poland and Lithuania.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf proposed grand duchy
proposed political entity
associatedEthnicTerritories Belarusian lands GENERATED
Ukrainian lands GENERATED
associatedStateForm federalized Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian union
historicalRegion Ruthenia NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance early concept of autonomy for Ukrainian and Belarusian territories within the Commonwealth
intendedConstituentGroup Belarusians NERFINISHED
Ukrainians NERFINISHED
intendedConstituentNation Ruthenians NERFINISHED
intendedFunction grant broad autonomy to Ruthenian lands
provide equal status to Ruthenian lands alongside Poland and Lithuania
intendedStatus autonomous unit within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
languageOfName Latin
modeledAlongside Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED
partOfProposedStateStructure Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED
politicalContext internal reorganization of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
proposedInCentury 17th century
status never implemented

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Treaty of Hadiach proposedCreationOf Grand Duchy of Ruthenia
Ruthenian Voivodeship precededBy Grand Duchy of Ruthenia
this entity surface form: Ruthenian lands of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland