The personification of Russia is traditionally feminine and most commonly maternal since the Middle Ages . Most common terms for national personification of Russia are:
5-852: Mother Motherland may refer to: Personification of Russia former name of the Mother Ukraine monument in Kyiv, Ukraine Mother Motherland (Saint Petersburg) at the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery, Saint Petersburg The Motherland Calls , monument in Volgograd, Russia called "Mother Motherland Calls" in Russian and colloquially known as "Mother Motherland" See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Mother Motherland Topics referred to by
10-521: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Personification of Russia Russian : Ма́тушка Росси́я , romanized : Matushka Rossiya ( dim. ); also Russian : Мать-Росси́я , romanized : Mat'-Rossiya ; or Russian : Ма́тушка Русь , romanized : Matushka Rus' , lit. 'Mother Rus''; or Russian : Росси́я-ма́тушка , romanized : Rossiya-matushka , lit. 'Russia
15-490: The Mother'; Russian : Ро́дина-мать , romanized : Rodina-mat In the Russian language, the concept of motherland is rendered by two terms: Harald Haarmann and Orlando Figes see the goddess Mokosh a source of the "Mother Russia" concept. Mikhail Epstein states that Russia's historical reliance on agriculture supported a mythological view of the earth as a "divine mother" , leading in turn to
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25-590: The terminology of "Mother Russia". Epstein also notes the feminine perceptions of the names Rus' and Rossiia, allowing for natural expressions of matushka Rossiia (Mother Russia). During the Soviet period, the Bolsheviks extensively utilized the image of "Motherland", especially during World War II . During the Soviet era, many statues depicting the Mother Motherland were built, most to commemorate
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