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Moskal

Moskal (Russian and Ukrainian: москаль, Belarusian: маскаль, Polish: moskal, Lithuanian: maskolis) is a historical designation used for the residents of the Grand Duchy of Moscow between the 12 and the 18 centuries. Today it has become an ethnic slur referring to the Russians living in Russia (or Rossiyane) used in Ukraine, Belarus, as well as other European countries - former members of the Eastern Bloc ( Poland, the Baltic states, etc.). The term is frequently derogatory or condescending, an equivalent of the Russian term Khokhol for Ukrainians. Another ethnic slur, katsap is insulting and means "goatee beard". Another version is that the word katsap comes from the Crimean kasab (butcher), because Muscovite soldiers carried large axes, what made them looked like butchers.

Moskal (surname)

Moskal is a common Central and Eastern European surname. The word literally means " Muscovite" and in modern days may is used as a pejorative for " Russian" in some cultures.

The surname may refer to:

  • Edward Moskal (1924–2005), president of the Polish American Congress
  • Hennadiy Moskal (born 1950), Ukrainian politician
  • Robert Mikhail Moskal (born 1937), Ukrainian bishop of Parma, Ohio (United States)
  • Kazimierz Moskal (disambiguation)
Moskal (disambiguation)

Moskal is an ethnic slur (formerly neutral term) that means "Russian", literally "Muscovite", in Ukrainian, Polish and Belarusian.

Moskal may also refer to:

  • Moskal (surname)
  • a species of European sprat ( Latin: Clupeidae Latulus)
  • a species of flax ( Latin: Linum usitatissimum)
  • the north-eastern wind in the Eastern Ukraine.
  • (muscal) a driver of horse-drawn cabs ( Romanian culture)