ask a Russian soldier -how would I know?
my guess:Why do you think Russian soldiers died in the millions during WWII? ( Mother Russia)
https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...-mother-russia
Motherland refers to a mother country, i.e. the place of one's birth, the place of one's ancestors, the place of origin of an ethnic group or immigrant, or a Metropole in contrast to its colonies. People often refer to Mother Russia as a personification of the Russian nation.
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