Залесье

Russian

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Залесье

Etymology

From за (za) and лес (les, “forest”). The original sense referred to the forests around the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal, a predecessor of the Tsardom of Moscow and modern Russia.

Since 2 refers to Russia's forests and Moscow's position from Ukraine in the perspective of a Ukrainian.^[1] ^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [zɐˈlʲesʲje]

Proper noun

Зале́сье • (Zalésʹje) n inan (genitive Зале́сья)

(historical) A historical region of Russia located near Moscow.
(slang, derogatory, neologism, by extension) Russia.

Declension

Declension of Зале́сье (inan sg-only neut-form vowel-stem accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Зале́сье Zalésʹje
genitive	Зале́сья Zalésʹja
dative	Зале́сью Zalésʹju
accusative	Зале́сье Zalésʹje
instrumental	Зале́сьем Zalésʹjem
prepositional	Зале́сье Zalésʹje

Synonyms

Залесская Русь (Zalesskaja Rusʹ)

Derived terms

Зале́сский (Zalésskij)

References

[1] After RF Disintegrates, New Russian State Must Arise where Central Federal District is Now and without Moscow as Its Capital, Lazarenko Says, Window on Eurasia 2.

[2] «Российская империя постоянно уменьшается, и очень быстро». Как идеолог проекта «Великороссии» представляет себе постимперское будущее России, Republic.ru.

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