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Video: How Russians are called names in other countries
2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55
Pindos, Fritzes, Ukrainians, khachi, lumps are offensive nicknames of foreigners, known to every resident of Russia. However, what do foreigners themselves call Russians?
Tibla
The contemptuous name for Russians in Estonia. Has a concomitant meaning "cattle".
How this word came about is not known for certain.
According to one version, Russians were called Tibla even during the period of the Russian Empire and meant the inhabitants of the neighboring Vitebsk province. Initially, the word sounded like "tipsky", apparently later it was paraphrased in "tibla".
According to another version, tibla is a rethinking of the Russian obscene expression “you, bl *”. It is believed that during the Second World War, the Red Army soldiers turned to the Estonian population, who launched a large-scale anti-Soviet movement.
Be that as it may, many Estonians do not like Russians, which often pops up in the media and provokes legal proceedings.
Russya
This is how the Russian-speaking population in Finland is insulted. From the word "russya" also comes the colloquial verb "spoil".
The word has been known since the Late Middle Ages, but it had a neutral meaning. Rus was called the Orthodox population of the Swedish Empire, then the inhabitants of Karelia, and, finally, the name was entrenched for the Russians.
The term received an offensive connotation at the end of the 19th century in response to the attempts of the imperial government to Russify the Finns. Later there was the Civil War, the Soviet-Finnish conflict of 1939 and the Great Patriotic War, where the Finns consolidated all their hatred in this capacious nickname.
Shuravi
Name-calling in Afghanistan, translated from Persian as "Soviet".
Initially, it did not have an offensive connotation, on the contrary, it expressed respect for everything Soviet. Since the 1950s, Afghanistan has maintained close friendly relations with the USSR.
The situation changed after the war in Afghanistan and the introduction of Soviet troops. The local population began to hate the invaders, and the "shuravi" turned into an insult.
Katsap and Moskal
Nicknames of Russians in Ukraine.
Obviously, the word "Moskal" comes from the name of the capital of Russia. True, it is believed that the Ukrainians did not come up with it themselves. In the Middle Ages, absolutely all Europeans called Russians Muscovites. Depending on the era, the word acquired either positive or negative connotations.
Katsap. How this word appeared is not known. In common parlance, this was the name for bearded Russian peasants and peasants. Analog - Lapotnik.
The Türks have a similar word "kasap" - "robber". Probably the roots of the nickname come from here.
Mauje
From the Chinese language "bearded man". This was the name given to Russians in East Asia in Soviet times. Today, the nickname is falling out of use.
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