The contemporary Russian Orthodox Church (the Moscow Patriarchate; "Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov'"), despite legally dating back only to 1949, claims to be the direct successor of the pre-revolutionary Orthodox Russian Church ("Pravoslavnaia Rossiskaia Tserkov'"). They have a slightly different name reflecting the distinction between "Russkiy", ethnic Russians, and "Rossiyane", citizens of Russia whether ethnic Russians or belonging to other ethnic groups. There are also a variety of small Orthodox Christian churches which claim as well to be the direct successors of the pre-revolutionary religious body, including the Russian Orthodox Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church. There have often been disputes between these churches and the Russian Orthodox Church over the reappropriation of disused churches, with the Russian Orthodox Church winning most cases thanks to the complicity of secular authorities.