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the Nigerians as fatherland; the Oromo as Biyya Abaa; the Pakistanis as Vatan (madar-e-watan means motherland. Not fatherland) the Somali as Dhulka Abaa, land of the father; the Thais as pituphum (ปิตุภูมิ), the word is adapted from Sanskrit; the Tibetans as ཕ་ཡུལ (pha yul) the Welsh as Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, 'the ancient ...
During the Soviet era, many statues depicting the Mother Motherland were built, most to commemorate the Great Patriotic War.These include: The Motherland Calls (Russian: Родина-мать зовёт, tr. Rodina-mat' zovyot), a colossal statue in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad
Use of the word "fatherland" (or rather, its cognates in languages like German and Russian--though Russia also has "motherland") certainly does not by itself imply that anyone using it is an ethnic nationalist or even slightly supports ethnic nationalist views. The claim that it does imply that is, frankly, silly.
The Motherland Calls (Russian: Родина-мать зовёт!, romanised: Rodina-mat' zovyot! ) is a colossal neoclassicist and socialist realist war memorial sculpture on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd , Russia.
The term Patriotic War refers to the Russian resistance to the French invasion of Russia under Napoleon I, which became known as the Patriotic War of 1812.In Russian, the term отечественная война originally referred to a war on one's own territory (otechestvo means "the fatherland"), as opposed to a campaign abroad (заграничная война), [3] and later was ...
The term rodina (Russian: родина) means "motherland". [10] It is one of three words in the Russian language that express the concept of "native land". Otechestvo (отечество) and оtchizna (oтчизна) both translate into English as "fatherland" and "relate to the country in which one is a citizen".
Peruvian Motherland, El Perú Libre: Vicuña Philippines: La Madre Filipinas, Juan dela Cruz: Philippine Carabao Poland: Polonia: White eagle Portugal: Zé Povinho, Efígie da República, Guardian Angel of Portugal: Rooster of Barcelos Rhodesia: Cecil Rhodes: Sable antelope, Zimbabwe Bird Romania: România: Lynx Russia: Mother Russia, General ...
The Father of the Nation is an honorific title given to a person considered the driving force behind the establishment of a country, state, or nation. Pater Patriae (plural Patres Patriae), also seen as Parens Patriae, was a Roman honorific meaning the "Father of the Fatherland", bestowed by the Senate on heroes, and later on emperors.