Залесье

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Etymology

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From за (za) and лес (les, forest). The original sense referred to the forests around the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal, a predecessor of the Tsardom of Moscow and modern Russia.

Sense 2 refers to Russia's forests and Moscow's position from Ukraine in the perspective of a Ukrainian.[1] [2]

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Зале́сье (Zalésʹjen inan (genitive Зале́сья)

  1. (historical) A historical region of Russia located near Moscow.
  2. (slang, derogatory, neologism, by extension) Russia.

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