Sharu on 07 March 2014
| kupomogli said: How often is it called Mother Russia instead of just Russia? |
Almost never, usually as a part of bad translation. )))
We have wording "Rodina-mat" - which is smth like "Motherland-Mother" (we have a separate word for Motherland - Rodina). So I think 'Mother Russia' arised somewhere in the middle of bad translation.
