"Ryssä" is a Finnish term for a Russian person, considered derogatory today. The term is also used to refer to Russia as a country and to the Russian language. The term was originally used to refer to the Orthodox, and particularly in compound words to East Karelian merchants, referred to as "reppuryssä" or "laukkuryssä" ("bag Russian"). The term "pikkuryssä" ("little Russian", Russian: plyasat prisyatku) was used to refer to the tropak dance.