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I don't care what the Russian embassey calls it.

Let's look at the facts:

1. In Russian the period where Russian was at war with the Nazis (1941-45) is called:

Великая Отечественная Война
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Well, there is expression "матушка-Россия".[/quote]

How often is it used?

In the West we are always saying "Mother Russia" and stuff.

What is this in Russian, or don't they actually say it.

I can only think of Родина, but that's more "Motherland", since it doens't...

What's with the "Fatherland" bit? I thought we cleared this up a couple months ago. Mother Russia etc...
Here is a Motherland statue in Volgograd ...