Meaning of Little Russia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The territory of the former Russian Empire inhabited by Ukrainians, approximately corresponding to modern central and eastern Ukraine.
   historical
2. An ethnic enclave populated primarily by Russians or people of Russian ancestry.
3. The former Imperial Russian administrative subdivisions in north central Ukraine.
   historical

Examples

“I am very fond of the modest manner of life of those solitary owners of remote villages, who in Little Russia are commonly called ‘old-fashioned’ […].”

“We find that they settle in Little Italies and Little Russias, and instead of accepting the ideals of the country to which they have fled, they propagate their own traditions.”

“The support system offered by the Relief Society was the initial draw for the émigrés to Harlem and helped establish a Little Russia in the neighborhood.”

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