Great Patriotic War

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ (Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojná). This term was first used in 1844 to refer to the Russian resistance and victory over Napoleon's invasion, and was evoked again in 1912 during the centenary of the French defeat. In 1941, the newspaper Pravda used the term for the defence against the German invasion of the Soviet Union, in order to motivate citizens to unite and fight.

Proper noun

the Great Patriotic War

1. (historical, in Soviet or Russian contexts) the German-Soviet war (a portion of World War II fought between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945)

   Coordinate terms: (German perspective) Russian campaign, Eastern front

Translations

the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945

• Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: الْحَرْب الْوَطَنِيَّة الْعُظْمَى f (al-ḥarb al-waṭaniyya(t) al-ʕuẓmā)
• Armenian: Հայրենական մեծ պատերազմ (hy) (Hayrenakan mec paterazm)
• Azerbaijani: Böyük Vətən müharibəsi
• Bashkir: Бөйөк Ватан һуғышы (Böyök Vatan huğışı)
• Belarusian: Вялі́кая Айчы́нная вайна́ f (Vjalíkaja Ajčýnnaja vajná)
• Bulgarian: Вели́ка Оте́чествена война́ f (Velíka Otéčestvena vojná)
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 衛國戰爭／卫国战争 (Wèiguó Zhànzhēng), 衞國戰爭／卫国战争 (Wèiguó Zhànzhēng)

• Czech: Velká vlastenecká válka f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: Suureks isamaasõjaks
• French: Grande Guerre patriotique (fr) f
• Georgian: დიდი სამამულო ომი (didi samamulo omi)
• German: Großer Vaterländischer Krieg m
• Hindi: महान देशभक्तिपूर्ण युद्ध m (mahān deśbhaktipūrṇ yuddh)
• Hungarian: Nagy Honvédő Háború
• Italian: Grande Guerra Patriottica f
• Japanese: 大祖国戦争 (だいそこくせんそう, Dai Sokoku Sensō)
• Kazakh: Ұлы Отан соғысы (Ūly Otan soğysy)
• Korean: 대조국전쟁(大祖國戰爭) (Daejogukjeonjaeng)
• Kyrgyz: Улуу Ата-Мекендик согуш (Uluu Ata-Mekendik soguş)
• Latvian: Lielais Tēvijas karš m
• Lithuanian: Didysis Tėvynės karas m
• Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: جَنْگِ کَبیرِ میهَنی (fa) (jang-e kabir-e mihani)

• Polish: wielka wojna ojczyźniana f
• Romanian: Marele Război Patriotic n
• Russian: Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ (ru) f (Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojná), ВОВ (ru) f (VOV)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Вѐликӣ о̀таџбӣнскӣ ра̏т m

  Roman: Vèlikī òtadžbīnskī rȁt m

• Slovak: Veľká vlastenecká vojna f
• Spanish: Gran Guerra Patria f, Gran Guerra Patriótica f
• Tajik: Ҷанги Бузурги Ватанӣ (Jang-i Buzurg-i Vatani)
• Turkish: Büyük Yurtseverlik Savaşı
• Ukrainian: Вели́ка Вітчизня́на війна́ f (Velýka Vitčyznjána vijná)
• Uzbek: Ulugʻ Vatan Urushi

  Cyrillic: Улуғ Ватан Уруши (Ulugʻ Vatan Urushi)

See also

• Victory Day