Mother_Russia
Personification of Russia
National personification of Russia
The personification of Russia is traditionally feminine and most commonly maternal since medieval times.[1] Most common terms for national personification of Russia are:
- Mother 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 the Mother'
- Homeland the Mother
Russian: Ро́дина-мать, romanized: Rodina-mat
In the Russian language, the concept of motherland is rendered by two terms:
- "place of birth", (femenine gender, Russian: ро́дина, romanized: rodina)
- "fatherland", (masculine gender, Russian: отечество, отчи́зна, romanized: otchizna)
Harald Haarmann and Orlando Figes see the goddess Mokosh a source of the "Mother Russia" concept.[2][3]