Mother Russia
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Mother Russia (Russian: Россия-Матушка, transliterated as Rossiya-Matushka) is a national personification of Russia, appearing in patriotic posters, statues etc. The usage of the term "mother" in reference to a nation or culture symbolizes the "spirit of collectivity".[1] In the Soviet period, the term Mother Motherland (Родина-Мать, Rodina-Mat) was preferred, as representing the multi-ethnic Soviet Union; still, there is a clear similarity between the pre-1917 Mother Russia and the Soviet figure, especially as depicted during and in the aftermath of the Eastern Front of World War II.
Statues
Most of statues of the Motherland were made after the war. These include:
- The Motherland Calls (Russian: Родина мать зовёт, Rodina Mat' Zovyot!) a statue in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad
- Mother Motherland (Kiev), a statue at the World War II memorial, Kiev, Ukraine
- Mother Motherland (Saint Petersburg), a statue at the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Mother Russia (Kaliningrad), a monument in Kaliningrad, Russia
- Mother Motherland Mourning over Her Perished Sons (Russian: Родина-мать, скорбящая о погибших сыновьях), Minsk, Belarus commemorating the dead in Afghanistan
- Mother Motherland (Naberezhnye Chelny), a monument in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia[2]
- Mother Motherland (Pavlovsk), a memorial complex, Pavlovsk, Russia[3]
See also
- Mat Zemlya
- Mokosh, whom Figes sees as a source of the "Mother Russia" myth[4]
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References
- ↑ "A. Culturalization and Gender Relations". Encyclopedia of Nationalism: Fundamental Themes via Credo Reference. Retrieved 16 September 2012.(subscription required)
- ↑ Казань. Храм на шести сотках — Ольга Юхновская."Не йог, не маг и не святой" — Российская Газета — Этот объект не включен в программу подготовки к казанскому миллениуму. Но его, без сомнений, будут показывать гостям города как редкую достопримечательность. Создатель множества памятников, художник из пригорода Казани Ильдар Ханов к тысячелетию столицы Татарстана строит на своем участке храм всех религий. В свое время творчество Ханова высоко оценил Святослав Рерих
- ↑ http://pavlovsk.by.ru/pav.html
- ↑ Figes, Orlando (2002). Natasha's Dance: a cultural history of Russia. New York: Metropolitan Books. p. 321. ISBN 9780805057836. "[...] the goddess known as Mokosh, from whom the myth of 'Mother Russia' was conceived."
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