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The term was adopted by , the Little, and The White ."'' While the term ''Little Russia'' was the Russian name for the geographic territory since the middle of the seventeenth century, the modern name '' Ukraine '' (Ukrayina) has been used in different ways since the sixteenth century. For political reasons, ''Ukraine'' as a proper name for the nation became accepted only in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when the term ''Little Russia'' mostly fell out of use. Today, many Ukrainians consider the modern usage of ''Little Russia'' offensive, as it often implies the denial of a separate Ukrainian National Identity , an opinion not uncommon among Russian Nationalist s. Another common interpretation, however, maintains that the term is in no way offensive, being an acknowledgement of the fact that the region served as the birthplace of the Russian culture, which grew very far beyond its original Kievan Rus borders. The terms Little Russian for Ukrainian Language , which implies it being simply a Dialect of Russian , and '''Little Russians''' for the Ukrainians, have fallen out of use as well. See also
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