How do you say China in Russian? Is that the Khitan?

China's Russian is китай, which is homophonic. Freshmen can read ki, and the stress is on "Da"

It is indeed the Khitan's Russian pronunciation, because at that time, Russia began to form an independent and complete country, and their understanding of the south was all the Khitan people who were active on the grassland, so they thought that the whole of China was "Khitan". In addition, the Khitan was really powerful at that time, and the war with China in the south of the Great Wall was mostly a victory. At that time, China was indeed "obedient" to some extent. So slowly "Khitan" became the name of China.