Great Patriotic War

English + (term) Etymology en ru Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́. 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. Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Great Patriotic War.wav Southern England Proper noun Great Patriotic War 1 en 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. en Russian campaign Eastern front German perspective Translations the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945 Abkhaz: ab Аџьынџьтәылатә еибашьра дуӡӡа Albanian: sq Arabic: ar الْحَرْب الْوَطَنِيَّة الْعُظْمَى f Armenian: hy Հայրենական մեծ պատերազմ Azerbaijani: az Böyük Vətən müharibəsi Bashkir: ba Бөйөк Ватан һуғышы Belarusian: be Вялі́кая Айчы́нная вайна́ f Bulgarian: bg Вели́ка Оте́чествена война́ f Chechen: ce Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 衛國戰爭 Czech: cs Velká vlastenecká válka f Esperanto: eo Estonian: et Suureks isamaasõjaks Finnish: fi suuri isänmaallinen sota French: fr Grande Guerre patriotique f Georgian: ka დიდი სამამულო ომი German: de Großer Vaterländischer Krieg m Hindi: hi महान देशभक्तिपूर्ण युद्ध m Hungarian: hu Nagy Honvédő Háború Italian: it Grande Guerra Patriottica f Japanese: ja 大祖国戦争 だいそこくせんそう, Dai Sokoku Sensō Kazakh: kk Ұлы Отан соғысы Korean: ko ^대조국전쟁(大祖國戰爭) Kyrgyz: ky Улуу Ата-Мекендик согуш Latvian: lv Lielais Tēvijas karš m Lithuanian: lt Didysis Tėvynės karas m Ossetian: os Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira جَنْگِ کَبیرِ میهَنی Polish: pl wielka wojna ojczyźniana f Romanian: ro Marele Război Patriotic n, ro Marele Război pentru Apărarea Patriei n Russian: ru Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ f, ru ВОВ f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Вѐликӣ о̀таџбӣнскӣ ра̏т m Latin: sh Vèlikī òtadžbīnskī rȁt m Slovak: sk Veľká vlastenecká vojna f Spanish: es Gran Guerra Patria f, es Gran Guerra Patriótica f Swedish: sv stora fosterländska kriget n Tajik: tg Ҷанги Бузурги Ватанӣ Tatar: tt Бөек Ватан сугышы Turkish: tr Büyük Yurtseverlik Savaşı Ukrainian: uk Вели́ка Вітчизня́на війна́ f Uzbek: uz Ulugʻ Vatan Urushi Cyrillic: uz Улуғ Ватан Уруши See also en Victory Day en Nationalism Russia Soviet Union World War II Wars History of Russia