Great Patriotic War

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ (Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojná). The term "patriotic war" refers to a defensive war as the Soviet Union regime claimed and as the Russian Federation regime may claim.

It was first used in 1844 to refer to the Russian resistance and victory over Napoleon's invasion, before being named the "Great Patriotic War" in the centenary of the French defeat. The term was used again in 1941 by the Pravda newspaper to motivate Soviet citizens to unite and fight against the German invasion of Russia.

Proper noun

the Great Patriotic War

(historical, in Soviet or Russian contexts) Eastern Front (a portion of World War II fought between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945).

Translations

the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945

Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: الْحَرْب الْوَطَنِيَّة الْعُظْمَى‎ f (al-ḥarb al-waṭaniyya(t) al-ʕuẓmā)
Armenian: Հայրենական մեծ պատերազմ (hy) (Hayrenakan mec paterazm)
Azerbaijani: Böyük Vətən müharibəsi
Belarusian: Вялі́кая Айчы́нная вайна́ f (Vjalíkaja Ajčýnnaja vajná)
Bulgarian: Вели́ка Оте́чествена война́ f (Velíka Otéčestvena vojná)
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 衛國戰爭／卫国战争 (Wèiguó Zhànzhēng), 衞國戰爭／卫国战争 (Wèiguó Zhànzhēng)
Czech: Velká vlastenecká válka f
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: Suureks isamaasõjaks
French: Grande Guerre patriotique (fr) f
Georgian: დიდი სამამულო ომი (didi samamulo omi)
German: Großer Vaterländischer Krieg m
Hindi: महान देशभक्तिपूर्ण युद्ध m (mahān deśbhaktipūrṇ yuddh)
Hungarian: Nagy Honvédő Háború
Italian: Grande Guerra Patriottica f
Japanese: 大祖国戦争 (だいそこくせんそう, Dai Sokoku Sensō)
Kazakh: Ұлы Отан соғысы (Ūly Otan soğysy)
Korean: 대조국전쟁(大祖國戰爭) (Daejogukjeonjaeng)
Kyrgyz: Улуу Ата-Мекендик согуш (Uluu Ata-Mekendik soguş)
Latvian: Lielais Tēvijas karš m
Lithuanian: Didysis Tėvynės karas m
Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
Persian:
Iranian Persian: جَنْگِ کَبیرِ میهَنی‎ (fa) (jang-e kabir-e mihani)
Polish: wielka wojna ojczyźniana f
Romanian: Marele Război Patriotic n
Russian: Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ (ru) f (Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojná), ВОВ (ru) f (VOV)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Вѐликӣ о̀таџбӣнскӣ ра̏т m

Roman: Vèlikī òtadžbīnskī rȁt m
Slovak: Veľká vlastenecká vojna f
Spanish: Gran Guerra Patria f, Gran Guerra Patriótica f
Tajik: Ҷанги Бузурги Ватанӣ (Jangi Buzurgi Vatanī)
Turkish: Büyük Yurtseverlik Savaşı
Ukrainian: Вели́ка Вітчизня́на війна́ f (Velýka Vitčyznjána vijná)
Uzbek: Ulugʻ Vatan Urushi
Cyrillic: Улуғ Ватан Уруши (Ulugʻ Vatan Urushi)

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