Personification of Russia

In the Russian language, the concept of motherland is rendered by two terms: "родина " (tr. rodina), literally, "place of birth" and "отчизна " (tr. otchizna), literally "fatherland".

During the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War, the image was in the propaganda of the supporters of the White movement, which interpreted the struggle against the Bolsheviks as a battle with "aliens" who were "oppressors of Mother Russia".[citation needed ] The Bolsheviks also used the image of "Motherland", including during the fight against Nazi Germany during World War II.

During the Soviet era, many statues of Mother Motherland were built, most to commemorate the Great Patriotic War. These include:

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