Personifications of Russia

"Mother Russia" redirects here. For other uses, see Mother Russia (disambiguation).

Since medieval times to personifications of Russia is traditionally the feminine, most commonly maternal, imagery.[1]

Most common terms for national personification of Russia are:

Notice that in Russian language, the concept of motherland is rendered by two terms: "родина", literally, "place of birth" and "отчизна", literally "fatherland".

Harald Haarmann and Orlando Figes see the goddess Mokosh a source of the "Mother Russia" concept.[2][3]

Usage

A cover of Sentry magazine, approx. 1932, depicting Russia as a woman in a traditional costume liberated by a warrior in medieval armor, trampling the Bolshevik flag.

During The October Revolution and The Civil War, the image was in in the propaganda of the supporters of the White movement, interpreting the struggle against the Bolsheviks as a battle with "aliens" as "oppressors of Mother Russia".

Statues

During the Soviet times many statues of Mother Motherland have been constructed, most to commemorate the Great Patriotic War. These include:

See also


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References

Further reading


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