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American political cartoon, 1904. The Russian Bear (Russian: Русский медведь, romanized: Russkiy medved') is a widespread symbol (generally of a Eurasian brown bear) for Russia, used in cartoons, articles, and dramatic plays since as early as the 16th century, [1] and relating alike to the Russian Empire, the Russian Provisional Government and Russian Republic, the Soviet Union ...
The Russian Federation has several official national symbols including a historical document, a flag, an emblem, a national anthem. The current design of the national flag is the same as the Russian Empire and was officially adopted again after the dissolution of the Soviet Union .
Bears, like other animals, may symbolize nations. The Eurasian brown bear has been used to personify Russia since the early 19th century. [22] In 1911, the British satirical magazine Punch published a cartoon about the Anglo-Russian Entente by Leonard Raven-Hill in which the British lion watches as the Russian bear sits on the tail of the ...
Brown bear (national animal) Ursus arctos [25] Whooper swan (national bird) Cygnus cygnus [25] European perch (national fish) Perca fluviatilis [25] Seven-spot ladybird (national insect) Coccinella septempunctata [25] Grenada: Grenada dove (national bird) Leptotila wellsi [26] Guatemala: Resplendent quetzal (national bird) Pharomachrus mocinno ...
Category: National symbols of Russia. ... Russian Bear; Russian cross (religion) Russian heraldry; Russian Orthodox cross; S. Strength is in truth; T. Triple-headed ...
The new Danish coat of arms [right] features a bear, the symbol of Greenland, and ram, the symbol of the Faroe Islands, more prominently.
A FBI document obtained by Wikileaks details the symbols and logos used by pedophiles to identify sexual preferences. According to the document members of pedophilic organizations use of ...
The bear is traditionally regarded as the symbol of Russian (military and political) might. It is also Finland's national animal; [41] and in Croatia, a brown bear is depicted on the reverse of the Croatian 5 kuna coin, minted from 1993 to 2023. [42]