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Polish ojczyzna in common language literally meaning "fatherland", ziemia ojców literally meaning "land of fathers", [13] sometimes used in the phrase ziemia ojców naszych [14] literally meaning "land of our fathers" (besides rarer name macierz "motherland") Ukrainian batʹkivshchyna (батьківщина) or vitchyzna (вітчизна).
Another suggestion is that the name comes from the Ancient Egyptian word afruika - which means 'turning towards the ka' or 'turning towards the birthplace' or 'motherland' of humanity. The name "Africa" began to be stretched to encompass a larger area when the provinces of Tripolitania , Numidia and Mauretania Caesariensis were subdued to the ...
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
Motherland is the place of one's birth, the place of one's ancestors, or the place of origin of an ethnic group. Motherland may also refer to: Art.
Pursuant to article 6 of the State Security Act of Chile (Decreto No. 890 de 1975), it is a felony against the public order to publicly mistreat the flag, the coat of arms, the name of the motherland or the national anthem.
This article is pretty far from the neutral point of view right now. 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.
Sword and shield, exemplified on the Soviet Committee for State Security emblem and the Mother Motherland. Cross and sickle, the symbols of the Christian communism and Christian socialism; Portraits of various communist leaders, such as Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Josip Broz Tito, etc.
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.