Mother Russia
English edit
Etymology edit
Calque of Russian Ма́тушка Росси́я (Mátuška Rossíja) or Росси́я-Ма́тушка (Rossíja-Mátuška).
Proper noun edit
- A national personification of Russia as a woman, appearing in patriotic posters, statues, etc.
- Russia
- 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 165:
- Collective daydreaming shut down when we boarded the Soviet-made airliner in Korea. Next stop Mother Russia.
Translations edit
national personification of Russia
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