Malorussia
Republic of Malorussia | |
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| Capital and largest city | Kharkiv |
| Official languages | Malorussian, Russian |
| Recognised regional languages | Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar, Armenian, Greek |
| Demonym(s) | Malorussian |
| Government | Unitary presidential republic under a dictatorship |
• President | Viktor Yanukovych |
• Prime Minster | Vladimir Pashkov |
| Driving side | right |
| Internet TLD | .ak |
Malorussia, (Malorussian: Малaруськa, Malaruska), officially the Republic of Malorussia (Malorussian: Респу́блікa Малaруськa, Respúblika Malaruska), or informally, Little Russia. is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russian to the east, Ukraine to the west, by the Belarus to the north and by Novorussia to the south.
Malorussia is a developing country, ranking 58th in the Human Development Index. It has been a member of the United Nations since its founding and has joined the CIS, the CSTO, the EAEU, the OSCE, and the Non-Aligned Movement. It has shown no aspirations of joining the European Union but nevertheless maintains a bilateral relationship with the bloc and also participates in two EU projects, the Eastern Partnership and the Baku Initiative.
Etmology
The name Malorussia (Russian: Малоруссия; Malarusian: Малaрусия) is derived from the term "Malaya Rus'", which meant "Little Russia". This asserted that in the case of the Malorussians, they are viewed as variants of the Russian people. Similar case can also be applied with the regions of the Krivian Rus' which can be referred as Byelorussia (Russian: Белороссия; Belarusian: Беларусия, "White Russia") and of the Prichernomorian Rus' as Novorussia (Russian: Новорoссия; Novorussian: Новaро́сія, "New Russia").