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Bookmark or Share- etymology - History of the phrase "for Mother Russia" - English ...Mother Russia has long been familiar as the standard English form of the personification called in Russian Матушка Россия (Россия-матушка, Мать-Россия, Матушка Русь); the use of родина 'motherland' is much less familiar to the English-speaking world and is also ambiguous.
- Why is Germany called the 'Fatherland' and why is Russia ... - RedditSecond, the term Rodina-Matj (родина-мать, "home country-mother") is well known from propaganda posters (this one famously says "your home country-mother is calling upon you") and statues such as this in Wolgograd (previously Stalingrad). Obvously, "motherland" is a way better translation than "home country-mother".
- Best Mother Russia Bleeds Posts - RedditRenaissance is a Progressive Rock group that started in the late 60s with many break ups and new members throughout the band's legacy. Their music is a mixture of Prog, Folk, Classical, and Hard Rock. Some of their most beloved songs include Ashes are Burning, Northern Lights, Can You Understand, Mother Russia, just to name a few.
- Why is Russia called motherland/mother russia sometimes?1)In Russian the words are gendered, and the word “Rodina” (homeland) has a female “gender”, so in literature/film it can be compared to a woman/mother. 2)The phrase «Родина-мать» or “Homeland Mother” or “motherland” has to do with the WW2 depiction of “Rodina” as a a woman, asking the Russian people to fight for ...
- Do Russians commonly refer to the country as "Mother Russia?" - RedditMother Russia is a real, though outdated and no longer popular, personification of Russia. It's a western meme too and nowadays it's obviously going to be found almost exclusively in western media. The funny thing is that wester media associates it with the Soviet Union, but AFAIK in reality it predates the USSR by almost a century.
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