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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 East Siberian brown bear (Ursus arctos collaris) is a population or subspecies of brown bear which ranges from eastern Siberia, beginning at the Yenisei river, north to the Arctic Circle, as far as Trans-Baikaliya, the Stanovoy Range, the Lena River, Kolyma and generally throughout Yakutia and the Altai Mountains.
Consequently the original Indo-European name for such mystical heavyweights became taboo, and Russian speakers came to use the euphemism medved (Russian: медведь), literally meaning "honey-eater". [14] In post-Christian Russian folklore, the bear often appears semi-anthropomorphized as Mikhailo Ivanovich, or even more familiarly as Misha ...
Series: Russian ballet: Russian ballet: 19 April 1993 5111-0004 3 rubles 40,000 [38] Russian ballet: 19 April 1993 5111-0005 3 rubles 125,000 [39] Russian ballet: 19 April 1993 5115-0001 25 rubles 10,000 [40] Russian ballet: 19 April 1993 5214-0001 10 rubles 11,500 [41] Russian ballet: 19 April 1993 5214-0002 10 rubles 57,500 [42] Russian ...
Captive bear with cub at Tierpark Hagenbeck, Germany. The Kamchatka brown bear is the biggest brown bear in Eurasia, [3] with a body length of 2.4 m (7.9 ft) to 3 m (9.8 ft) tall on hind legs, and a weight up to at least 650 kg (1,430 lb).
The death of Bear 148 at the hands of a trophy hunter in 2017 sparked media outrage and the continued disapproval of trophy hunting. [170] The Russian bear is a common national personification for Russia (as well as the former Soviet Union), despite the country having no officially-designated national animal. The brown bear is Finland's ...
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The Ussuri brown bear (Ursus arctos lasiotus), also known as the Ezo brown bear, Russian grizzly bear, or the black grizzly bear, [3] is a subspecies of the brown bear or a population of the Eurasian brown bear (U. a. arctos). [which?] One of the largest brown bears, a very large Ussuri brown bear may approach the Kodiak bear in size. [4]