rodina

We passed through the cemetery gates and skirted the graves, the more recent stones often marked with photographs of the deceased inset into the marble or granite beneath the word rodina, followed by the family name.

The Black Angel John Connolly 2005

The word rodina means "motherland" in Russian and Bulgarian.

The Guardian World News 2010

Peggy - I don't place any trust in Uncle Sam at all (not least about the Albanians, who suddenly appear to have joined NATO, despite their 'Kanun of Lek' and other blood-feud habits), but neither do I place any trust in the Russians, whose idea of the sacred 'rodina' or 'motherland' only goes as far as the Tsarist empire's outer frontiers (so much for Communism!)

SofiaEcho RSS feed 2009

Typically, Russians who live abroad refer to their adopted country as a "new rodina".

'British spy' found dead identified as Foreign Office worker 2010

The staff at the polygon was driven to conceive of weapons that would ensure the safety of the rodina, the great Russian homeland, and equip fraternal socialist forces in the expanding Kremlin sphere.

The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010

The common Russian word for homeland is rodina, usually translated as “motherland,” since it is a feminine noun from a root associated with child-bearing.

The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008

He designed firearms, he said, to defend the rodina — themotherland.

The History of the Kalashnikov 2006

He designed firearms, he said, to defend the rodina -- the motherland.

The Father of 100 Million Rifles 2006

"This is the _rodina, _ the original homeland," Father told him.

Enchantment Card, Orson Scott 1999

Later when I surfed the rodina. cz site, I found numerous letters from Czech mothers stating similar problems getting their child enrolled into preschool, so I felt better.

Prague Monitor 2009