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
Ukrainian lands
associatedStateForm federalized Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian union
historicalRegion Ruthenia
historicalSignificance early concept of autonomy for Ukrainian and Belarusian territories within the Commonwealth
intendedConstituentGroup Belarusians
Ukrainians
intendedConstituentNation Ruthenians
linked to: Rusyns
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
Kingdom of Poland
partOfProposedStateStructure Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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 Ruthenian lands of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
linked to: Grand Duchy of Ruthenia
Union of Hadiach memberProposed Grand Duchy of Ruthenia
Union of Hadiach createdEntityProposed Grand Duchy of Ruthenia
Hadiach locatedIn Ruthenian lands of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
linked to: Grand Duchy of Ruthenia
Prince of Belz partOf Ruthenian principalities
linked to: Grand Duchy of Ruthenia