Rossija

English

Alternative forms

• Rossiia

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Росси́я (Rossíja). Doublet of Russia.

Proper noun

Rossija (rare)

1. Synonym of Russia
   • 1913, Monarchs and Men, Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, translation of original by Maximilian Harden, page 191:

     That can, and must, only happen in our Holy Rossija as long as we are free, not subject to external pressure, but choosing according to our independent will.

   • 1976, Nicholas L. Chirovsky, On the Historical Beginnings of Eastern Slavic Europe, page 196:

     There then developed the concept of three Rossiia’s: the Major Rossiia, the Minor Rossiia, and the White Rossiia (as in the Synopsis).

   • 1999, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, page 419:

     Charlemagne E. V. 1915. Mammals of the vicinities of Kyiv. [In:] Materials to investigation of fauna of the South-west of Rossija. Kessler Ornithol. soc., Kyiv, 1:26-92. (In Russian).

   • 2005, Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia, pages 6, 70, and 81:

     […] bilateral treaties subsequently negotiated with regions and republics inside the Federation of Rossiia. […] Specifically he [Mintimer Shaimiev]—the democratically elected leader of the republic who had from the very first stood in the vanguard of Russian federal reforms—was forced personally to protect and defend not only the position of his state, but the interests of all of federal Rossiia.

   • 2006, Russian Social Science Review: A Journal of Translations, pages 47, 48, and 66:

     After the Soviet Union crumbled, Rossiia tried to adopt many Western practices. […] How numerous is this population in Rossiia and thus what is the margin of error in the 2002 census? […] Another category not covered by the census was those who had left Rossiia for a period of a year or more.

   • 2009, Nonna Bannister, Denise George, Carolyn Tomlin, “Family Background”, in The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister, Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, page 18:

     Yakov could not abandon these people—after all he was a Cossack and was proud to serve his country—Mother Rossija—and His Majesty Tsar Nicholas II.

   • 2010, Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, editor, Religion and Politics in Russia: A Reader, Routledge, published 2015:

     The population’s confessional structure mirrored multinational Rossiia, with its preponderance of Russians, as well as Belarusians and Ukrainians. According to the date of the center, Orthodox currently comprise 50.3 percent of the population. Muslims 4.0 percent, nonbelievers 44.2 percent, and representatives of other religions 1.5 percent. In such a manner, 55.8 percent of those in Rossiia consider themselves to be followers of various confessions.

   • 2014, Michael E Wills, Finn’s Fate, 2nd edition, SilverWood Books:

     They did not mix with the slaves from Rossija, Magyar, Hrvatska or Frisia, and tended to be aggressive towards them. They were detailed to work in the forest on timber-felling together with two Rossijans, Vanja and Pasha.