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Great Patriotic War en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Calque of Russian Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ (Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojná). This term was first used in 1844 to refer to the Russian resistance and victory over Napoleon's invasion, and was evoked again in 1912 during the centenary of the French defeat. In 1941, the newspaper Pravda used the term for the defence against the German invasion of the Soviet Union, in order to motivate citizens to unite and fight.

Meanings

1. (historical, in Soviet or Russian contexts) The German-Soviet war (a portion of World War II fought between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945).

Forms

Coordinates

Russian campaign · Eastern front

Relateds

Victory Day

Translations (40)

es Gran Guerra Patria (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · be Вялі́кая Айчы́нная вайна́ (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · tr Büyük Yurtseverlik Savaşı (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · sh Вѐликӣ о̀таџбӣнскӣ ра̏т (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · tt Бөек Ватан сугышы (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · ar الْحَرْب الْوَطَنِيَّة الْعُظْمَى (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · hy Հայրենական մեծ պատերազմ (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · sh Vèlikī òtadžbīnskī rȁt (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · hi महान देशभक्तिपूर्ण युद्ध (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · ru Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · uz Улуғ Ватан Уруши (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · lt Didysis Tėvynės karas (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · es Gran Guerra Patriótica (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · ka დიდი სამამულო ომი (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · ko 대조국전쟁 (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · kk Ұлы Отан соғысы (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · hu Nagy Honvédő Háború (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · ro Marele Război Patriotic (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · lv Lielais Tēvijas karš (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · ba Бөйөк Ватан һуғышы (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · bg Вели́ка Оте́чествена война́ (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · ab Аџьынџьтәылатә еибашьра дуӡӡа (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · fi suuri isänmaallinen sota (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · ja 大祖国戦争 (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · uz Ulugʻ Vatan Urushi (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · tg Ҷанги Бузурги Ватанӣ (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · uk Вели́ка Вітчизня́на війна́ (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · sk Veľká vlastenecká vojna (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · az Böyük Vətən müharibəsi (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · ru ВОВ (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · ky Улуу Ата-Мекендик согуш (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · de Großer Vaterländischer Krieg (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · cmn 衛國戰爭 /卫国战争 (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · it Grande Guerra Patriottica (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · fr Grande Guerre patriotique (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · sv stora fosterländska kriget (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · fa-ira جَنْگِ کَبیرِ میهَنی (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · et Suureks isamaasõjaks (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · pl wielka wojna ojczyźniana (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) · cs Velká vlastenecká válka (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945)