Ryssä
Sign in to saveRyssä () is a Finnish term for a Russian person, considered derogatory today. The term is also used as a collective term for Russians or Russia, and may refer to the Russian language. The neutral word for "Russian person" in modern Finnish is venäläinen, from Venäjä for "Russia".
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Ryssä () is a Finnish term for a Russian person, considered derogatory today. The term is also used as a collective term for Russians or Russia, and may refer to the Russian language. The neutral word for "Russian person" in modern Finnish is venäläinen, from Venäjä for "Russia".
The term ryssä has also been used for other, non-Russian nationalities within Russia or the Soviet Union. Compound words reppuryssä and laukkuryssä refer to East Karelian bag peddlers who traded in Finland until the early 20th century. The term pikkuryssä ("little Russian") was used to refer to the tropak dance (from the term "Little Russians" for Ukrainians; now called ripaska in Finnish).