great russian in English

adjective

1

former term for Russian (language and people), as distinguished from other peoples and languages of the Russian Empire.

But when nostalgia for the old Russian Empire crept in, it became a kind of Great Russian chauvinism.

Use "great russian" in a sentence

1. The writings of the abolitionists and Thoreau inspired the great Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy to become an ardent exponent of Christian nonviolence.

2. All of these characters, or at least their edited TV representations, are united beyond origins by one megatrait: poshlost, tackiness, that great Russian word that Nabokov has once Assonantly

3. Steinberg tried to guide Shostakovich on the path of the great Russian composers, but was disappointed to see him 'wasting' his talent and imitating Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Prokofiev.

4. A Crotchety old academic reflects on the great Russian ‘wave’ Israel owes a lot to the aliyah from the former Soviet Union, but it took time - the new immigrants struggled with poverty

5. The Barbarossa campaign included some of the greatest episodes in military history: the futile attack on Moscow in the winter of 1941-42, the siege of Stalingrad, the great Russian offensive beginning in 1944 that would lead the Red Army to the historic meeting with the Americans at …

6. However, the post-Communist Chauvinist Slovak Government is now putting up new walls between people, linguistic barriers.: Toutefois, le gouvernement postcommuniste chauvin de Slovaquie est en train d'ériger de nouveaux murs entre les gens, à savoir les barrières linguistiques.: In my opinion, such a Communist is a Great-Russian Chauvinist.: A mon avis, un tel communiste est un chauvin