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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 ...
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 ...
Misha (Russian: Миша), also known as Mishka (Russian: Мишка) or The Olympic Mishka (Russian: Олимпийский Мишка), is the name of the Russian Bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games (the XXII Summer Olympics). He was designed by children's books illustrator Victor Chizhikov. [1]
Medved (Russian: медведь) means bear in several Slavic languages, including Slovenian, Russian, Czech, Serbian and Slovak. It may refer to: Medved (surname) Medved (rural locality), several rural localities in Novgorod Oblast, Russia; Medved (hunting rifle), a Soviet hunting rifle; Medved, an iconic bear in the Internet meme Preved
Medvedev (Russian: Медве́дев) and female Medvedeva (Медве́дева), from Russian medved’ (медве́дь), meaning the animal "bear", are Slavic surnames. Notable bearers of the name include:
But instead of a 1:3 or 1:4 ratio, Russia is at 1:2 (200,000 dead and 400,00 wounded), which means that Russian generals, like Putin, are indifferent to massive battle deaths and providing wounded ...
Simple English; Slovenščina; ... Russian Bear; Russian cross (religion) Russian heraldry; Russian Orthodox cross; S. Strength is in truth; T. Triple-headed eagle; V ...
A father and son are dead following a brutal mauling by a likely rabid bear that barreled into their Russian home on Monday. The massive brown bear kicked off its murderous rampage when it ...