Proverbs and sayings about patriotism and patriotism. Proverbs about patriotism

Wise quotes about love for the motherland, aphorisms of great people about patriotism that are put into our heads from a very early age.

Better stale bread at home than many dishes at someone else's table.

P. Aretino

Love to the fatherland must come out of love for humanity, as the particular from the general.

V. G. Belinsky

Be in love your homeland means to ardently desire to see in it the realization of the ideal of humanity and, to the best of your ability, to promote this.

V. G. Belinsky

Any a noble person is deeply aware of his blood relationship, his blood ties with the fatherland.

I. G. Belinsky

P. Beranger

Love to the homeland does not recognize half-heartedness; whoever does not do everything for her does nothing; whoever does not give her everything denies her everything.

L. Berne

Homeland... We owe her our strength, inspiration, and joys.

L. Blok

Fatherland- this is the land where the soul is captive.

F. Voltaire

Truly The courage of enlightened peoples lies in their readiness to sacrifice themselves in the name of their homeland.

G. Hegel

Love for the fatherland is compatible with love for the whole world.

K. Helvetius

Alien will not become a homeland.

I. Goethe

At home you have both a past and a future. In a foreign land there is only the present.

L. Girshfeld

The theme of patriotism is one of the most beloved in the genre of oral folk art, which includes proverbs. The word led into battle, inspired to heroic deeds, and consoled: Battle is a holy cause, go boldly against the enemy. Russian national proverbs about the Motherland reflect longing for one’s native land while staying in a foreign land, ardent love for one’s land and readiness to fight for peace in it, respect for the people.

In apt folk sayings we find geographical realities: the Volga is the mother of all rivers, Siberia is a goldmine. The people characterize themselves (“the Russian is proud in words, firm in deeds”) and Moscow the capital (“Moscow is white-stone, golden-domed, hospitable, talkative”).

History preserves many wars and glorious battles for Mother Russia, so the idea of ​​serving the Motherland runs through the collections of proverbs: To live is to serve the Motherland, Take care of the Motherland like the apple of your eye. Historical moments can also be traced in the proverbs: the era of the USSR (“Soviet power came, life began in a new way”) and the Great Patriotic War (“The Nazis’ overcoats were not suitable for the Russian snowstorm”).

Russia is a multinational state, so proverbs about it are heard in different languages. There are proverbs on this page peoples of Russia about the Motherland placed in a special section.

It is important, first of all, to know and understand proverbs dedicated to the Motherland. For education children. The feeling of patriotism, love for the Motherland and people are the unshakable values ​​that every citizen of his country should honor.

• Proverbs about the Motherland for children,
• Proverbs about serving the Motherland,
• Proverbs about the Motherland,
• Proverbs about love for the Motherland,
• Proverbs of the peoples of Russia about the Motherland,
• Proverbs and sayings on the topic “Motherland”.

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Proverbs about the homeland for children

The Volga is the mother of all rivers.
Everyone has their own side.
Houses and walls help.
Each has its own sweet land.



The Russian is proud in words and firm in deeds.
Your own land is sweet even in a handful.
A man without a homeland is like a nightingale without a song.
On the other side, the Motherland is doubly dear.

Proverbs about love for one's homeland

Every bird loves its nest.
Everyone has their own side.
The native land is a paradise for the heart.
The bird that doesn't like its nest is stupid.
Each has its own sweet land.
Love for the Motherland is stronger than death.
On the other side, the Motherland is doubly dear.
Your own land is sweet even in a handful.
Take care of your beloved land, like your mother.
It's warmer overseas, but it's lighter here.
Love for the Motherland is born at the family hearth.
If you love your wife, love her homeland too.
Love for the Motherland conquers death.
Only he will be honored who loves his homeland not in word, but in deed.

Proverbs about the Motherland

Where someone is born, that’s where they will come in handy.
The Volga is the mother of all rivers.
Every bird loves its nest.
The native side is the mother, the alien side is the stepmother.
Foreign land is viburnum, Motherland is mother.

Take care of your native land like your beloved mother.
The other side is the stepmother.
That land is sweet, where the mother gave birth.
The Motherland is the mother of all mothers.
Beloved homeland - mother, darling.

Proverbs about serving the Motherland

It’s not scary to die for Mother Moscow.
He who stands up for his homeland is a hero.
If the people are united, they are invincible.
If it is tailored in Russian, and there is only one warrior in the field.
To us with guns, and away from us with clubs.
What is the regiment, such is the meaning of it.
The Soviet sailor has a strong hand.
Whoever fights for the Motherland is given double strength.
Whoever competed with Russia did not remain on the right.
He who is brave and steadfast is worth ten.
He who serves honestly is the friend of glory.
Better death on the field than shame in captivity.
They fight not by force, but by skill.
There is no defense - even the crows will peck.
A bad soldier is one who does not dream of becoming a general.
The Motherland is your mother, know how to stand up for her.
The Russians harness slowly, but then gallop quickly.
Perhaps, yes, I suppose leave it at the front.
Take care of your native land like a beloved mother.
Fight is a sacred thing, go to the enemy boldly.
The fascist eye sees Moscow, but the tooth gnaws.
The enemy wanted to feast, but he had to grieve.
Where Semyon is timid, there the enemy is strong.
For a Soviet soldier, the border is sacred.
To Moscow by tanks, and from Moscow by sled.
Feel free to go into battle, the Motherland is behind you.
The fascists' overcoats were not suitable for the Russian snowstorm.
The fascist goes noisily, the Russian takes it with his wits.
Keep the soldier's honor sacred.
The Russian soldier knows no barriers.
The Russian fighter is a model for everyone.
The smoke of the fatherland is lighter than someone else's fire.
The Russian does not joke with a sword or a roll of bread.
We don’t want someone else’s land, but we won’t give up ours either.

Proverbs of the peoples of Russia about the Motherland

Hura halăkhăn hura tăpra çine urine chikmesen hyrămĕ tăranaymast. - Ordinary people cannot feed themselves without working on the black soil. (Chuvash)
Yultashran uyrălăn – pĕr çul yĕrĕn, kil-yyshăntan uyrălăn – wun çul yĕrĕn, yal-yyshăntan uyrălăn – ĕmĕr yĕrĕn. - If you separate from a friend, you will cry for one year; if you are separated from your family, you will cry for ten years; if you separate from the people, you will cry for the rest of your life. (Chuvash)
Mahko vakkhinarg diina visna, makhkah valllarg vaina. - Those saved by the Motherland survived, those who left the Motherland died. (Chechen)
Mokhk botsu alrzu kyigo a tergal tsa yo. - An eagle without a homeland and a raven do not notice. (Chechen)
Daimohk - yalsamane, nekhan mokhk - jozhakhate. - Homeland is heaven, foreign land is hell. (Chechen)
Everyone’s native village is dear to everyone. (Udmurt)
Don't sit in someone else's sleigh. (Udmurt)
One's own country is warm, but another's is cold - θθryn daya haluun, khariin daya khγyten (Buryat)
The power of the people is stronger than an icebreaker on the river (Yakutskaya)

Proverbs and sayings on the topic “Motherland”

And wormwood grows on its roots.
And the dog knows his side.
On my native side, even the pebble is familiar.
You cannot find your homeland, like your parents, in a foreign land.
Where to live is what you will be known for.
A bad bird is one that soils its nest.
The Russian land is all under God.

Where the pine tree is mature, there it is red.
People's friendship and brotherhood are more valuable than any wealth.
Our strength is a united family.
Why is it so far away and it’s good here?
On the other side, even spring is not beautiful.
Without roots, wormwood does not grow.


There is joy overseas, but someone else’s, but here we have grief, but our own.
In a strange place - like in the forest.
Someone else's side is not watered with honey, but with tears.

Whoever fights for the Motherland is given double strength.

Love for the Motherland is stronger than death.

On the other side, the Motherland is doubly dear.

There is no more beautiful country in the world than ours.

The Motherland is your mother, know how to stand up for her.

Homeland is more beautiful than the sun, more valuable than gold.

Love for the homeland does not burn in fire and does not sink in water.

Feel free to go into battle, the Motherland is behind you.

Without love for a person there is no love for the Motherland.

In the native land there is a falcon, in a foreign land there is a crow.

A man without a homeland is like a nightingale without a song.

Where not to live - to serve the Motherland.

The bird that is not happy with its nest is stupid.

Life is not a pity for the Fatherland.

For the Motherland, for honor - even to cut off your head.

Whoever attacks Rus' will find death for himself.

Whoever betrays the Fatherland sells his soul to evil spirits.

Whoever trades in the Motherland will not escape punishment.

Whoever serves the Motherland faithfully fulfills his duty exemplarily.

I passed through many countries, but found goodness only in my homeland.

On the native side, even the smoke is sweet.

On the native side, even the pebble is familiar.

Don’t look for the promised lands - they are where your homeland is.

Not the person who lives for himself, but who goes into battle for the Motherland.

There is no more beautiful country in the world than ours.

There is no better native land in the world.

A person has one natural mother, and he has one Motherland.

To betray the Motherland is to disgrace your mother and father.

Beloved homeland - dear mother.

Homeland begins with family.

They protect their homeland with their heads.

You won’t find your homeland, like your parents, in a foreign land.

You can even dream about your native land.

The native side is the mother, and the alien side is the stepmother.

The native bush is dear to the hare.

There are no relatives, but my heart aches for my native side.

From the native side, the crow is redder than the peahen.

Only those who love their Motherland not in words, but in deeds, will be honored.

The hero who fights hard for his homeland.

A man without a homeland is like a family without land.

Foreign land is viburnum, homeland is raspberry.

You cannot find your homeland, like your parents, in a foreign land.

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That's why the cuckoo crows because it doesn't have its own nest.

The Holy Russian land is great, and the sun is everywhere.

The Russian will do what he sees.

The hardest thing is to win the heart of the people.

Either the chest is covered in crosses, or the head is in the bushes.

A man without a homeland is worse than a stray dog.

Do not spare your strength or your life for your Motherland.

My home is my castle.

As the Muscovite says dryly, get up right under your ear!

Russia and the summer of the union do not exist.

Russian people love random things.

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The page presents proverbs and sayings of the Russian people about the Motherland, patriotism, love for the native land, about Rus' and Russia, collected by Vladimir Ivanovich Dal.

Where to live is what you will be known for.
Whatever nation you live in, adhere to those customs.
Whichever people you come to, that’s the kind of hat you’ll wear.
Praise the overseas (foreign side), but stay at home!
Glorious are the tambourines beyond the mountains, but they will come to us like baskets.
It’s okay to listen to the buffoon on the guselki, but if you start playing yourself, it’s not for us.
Don’t take the distant boast, take the near hayanka!
If you believe the praise, you will end up in a fool.
The stranger praises the other side, and we listen, lying on our beds.
Someone else's side lives in praise, but ours stands in high praise.

God is merciful on his side too.
Even though it’s not so quiet (at home), it’s still peaceful.
That side is sweet (Don't forget that side) where the navel is cut (i.e. homeland).
It’s warmer overseas, but here it’s lighter (more fun).
Overseas there is joy, but it is someone else’s, but here we have grief, but our own.
Your own sadness is more valuable than someone else’s joy.
There is no need to go far, and it’s good here. Why far away, it’s good here too.
She praises the other party (the matchmaker), but she herself doesn’t even touch (and she herself doesn’t even touch).
One matchmaker praises someone else’s side (while she herself sits at home).
Afonushka is bored on someone else’s side.
A bad bird is one that soils its nest.

The bird that dislikes its nest is stupid.

That's why the cuckoo crows because it doesn't have its own nest.
The cuckoo crows and grieves over homelessness.
And the bones cry for their homeland (according to legend, the howling of bones can be heard in some graves).
I go out on the path - tears flow; I remember my own - and feel sick for them.
From my native side, both the crow (and the dog) are cute.
And the Penza residents in Moscow recognized their crow.
On someone else's side, I'm happy with my little crow.
And the bread on its side is boring (that is, it is imported and spoils).
On the native side, even the pebble is familiar.
Everyone has their own side. A beggar also loves his trash.
Your own land is sweet even in a handful. Your own land - your own ashes.

Without roots, wormwood does not grow.

There is nothing like leather.
Your own life is nicer.
What you don’t know, you don’t want to go there.
The millstones say: it’s better in Kyiv, but the stupa says: what’s here, what’s there.
Don, Don, or better yet, a house. Paris is good, but Kurmysh lives too.
Whatever it is like at home, it’s like that on the Don.
Everything is fine at home, but life outside is worse.
On the other side, even spring is not beautiful. Our spring is red.
In a strange place, in the forest. The foreign side of the dense forest.
In a foreign land, it’s like being in a house (it’s both lonely and dumb).
Woe to the tongueless in a foreign land.
He doesn’t carry his burden, he doesn’t eat his smoke from his eyes.
On the other side, even a falcon is called a crow.
A stranger is not for fun, for fun.
The side is not distant, but sad.

In a foreign land - and everything is God's gift.
On the other side and the old lady is God's gift.
Countryman, he beat everyone into one bruise.
Once upon a time there was a fine fellow; I didn’t see any fun in my village; I went to a foreign land and cried.
The other side will teach the griefer (and will torture and teach).
The foreign side is a thief (robber). Foreign lands are not lustful.
The foreign side will make you smarter. The sides will be trimmed on the side.
On the wrong side, even a child is an enemy.
The other side is the stepmother. The foreigner is not stroking the fur.
The native side is the mother, the alien side is the stepmother.
His side strokes the fur, the other side is opposite.
In a foreign land, even a dog feels sad. Foreigners don't believe in tears.
You can't keep a steppe horse in a stable.
And the horse rushes to its side, but the dog bites off and leaves.

There are no relatives, but my heart aches for my native land.

Its own side is also cute for the dog. And the dog knows his side.
Recently from the yard, I removed a louse.
Erema, Erema! You should sit at home and sharpen your spindles.
Where the pine tree is mature, there it is red.
Every pine tree makes noise in its own forest (it sends news to its forest).
The pine tree stands far away, but it blows through the forest (it makes noise, it speaks).

Where someone is born, that’s where they will come in handy.

Whatever is born where is suitable there. What is born where comes in handy.
Sit like honey is sour! Sour, sourdough, with your kvass!
From your native (parental) land - die, don’t leave!
Sitting at home means not sitting through anything.
There is no water flowing under the lying stone.
In one place the stone is overgrown with moss.
The falcon does not sit in one place, but wherever it sees a bird, it flies there.
Where there is a fool's family, there is his own land.
Living in the village is no fun.
Mushrooms grow in the village, but they are known in the city too.

The city is a kingdom, and the village is paradise. Moscow is a kingdom, and our village is paradise.
Moscow is good, but not at home. Our town is a corner of Moscow.
The city is interesting: every step there is something to eat and drink.
God and the city - what a village (that is, no match for it).
Without money, going to the city is your own enemy.
The city is good for its houses, but bad for its heads.
The village is large: four courtyards, eight streets.
Shumi, village: four courtyards, two gates, one chimney.
Shibel to death, with a gate in a corner (lives in a nook in the outback).
Houses, houses, just hare crowbars.
This village was carried by the devil in the back, and there were heaps of cracks.
It’s like the devil came out of the car.
This village has become like a wedge. A village that let our stomachs fail.
There is a village on a hill, but there is not a crust of bread in it.
From the village of Pomelova, from the village of Venikova.
Eroshka lives next to a large path.
It's a hump and a valley. The nativity scenes are hatched.
The village will not work for everyone: the water is close, the forest is far away.
The forest is a cross to the village, and treelessness is not good for the estate.
Forests and lands are like milking a cow.
No rod, no woodsmen, no drumstick.
There is no place to cut the whips. There are lykoders, but there’s nothing to worry about.
Such a need that there is nothing to flog the guy with.
The steppe is no better than the forest. In the steppe there is space, in the forest there is land.
Until you’ve been under someone else’s roof, you won’t know your own, where it flows.
To visit someone else's house is to see a rotten log in your own.
And people live across the river.
And there are people just around the corner.
Uncle Yegor came out from behind many mountains.
The people are visiting, and the bread is imported (on Melmitsa?).
People (at people) to look and show themselves.
And I’ll turn around and look around.
People come to us and invite us to visit us.
And the sandpiper knows the other side. And the crane is looking for warmth.
Goodbye, Mother Rus': I will reach for warmth (says the crane as it flies away).
A goose has flown to Rus' - it will stay and fly away.
The noon goose is the man from the stove; a goose for an afternoon - a man for the stove.
The thief sparrow is a homebody, but people don’t praise him.
The geese flew overseas, but the swans did not arrive (they arrived no worse).

No matter where to live, but to serve one king.

I'll go where they thresh rye for me. Where the eyes look.
Alone - where there is bread, there is a corner. For the lonely, everywhere is home.
No one is a prophet in his own land (he never was).
No matter where you live, as long as you have enough to eat.
At least in the Horde, but in good (if only in good).
Seek goodness on the side, but love home in the old way.
The per capita is on the side, and the bread is at home (look for it).
Chu! - there is a smell of Russian spirit here.

The Russian God is great. The Holy Russian land stands by the Russian God and the Russian Tsar.
The Russian people are king-loving.
The Russian land is all under God.
The Holy Russian land is great, and the sun is everywhere.
The Holy Russian land is great, but truth has no place anywhere.
Russia and the summer of the union do not exist. Rus' is numb under the snow.
A goose flies to Holy Rus' (Napoleon).
In Rus', no one died of hunger.
Rus' has joy to drink; it cannot exist without it (Vladim. I).
Russian bone loves warmth. Steam doesn't break bones.
Russian gift - kulaga with salamata.
The Russian man leads bread and salt.
For a Russian person, what soars (bathhouse) also rules (heals).
Russians are patient to the very beginning. Russian enthusiasm awaits.

The Russian does not joke with the sword or the roll.

Russian fellow - the end of a hundred infidels.
Sorry, the Russian doesn’t have a word for aman.
A Russian person is a kind person (Chuvash greetings).
Rusak is smart, but with hindsight. Russian back is smart.
If the German had it in front, and the Russian had it in the back, there would have been no getting along with him (mind).
The Russian people are not afraid of the cross, but they are afraid of the pestle.
Beat the Russian, he'll make a clock. The Russian will do what he sees.
The Rusak is not a fool: if he wants to eat, he will say, if he wants to sit down, he will sit down.
The Russian is quick-witted (sharp-witted, on his own).

In Rus', not all crucians are crucians - there are also ruffs.

Russian people love random things.
Russian at random and grown up.
A Russian person loves maybe, maybe, somehow.
The Russian is strong on three piles: maybe, I suppose, somehow.
Russian people are both boisterous and boastful.
The Russian appetite is never sick of (anything).
A peasant's throat is a cloth reed: everything is crushed.

Even a chisel will rot in the Russian belly.
What is great for a Russian is death for a German.

The Russian hour is ten, but the German hour has no end.
I am Russian, in the French style, only a little more Spanish.
Apparently he doesn’t understand Russian (that is, at least tell him the truth to his face).
I’m not of German origin, but I’m good at pointing out.
Receive someone in Russian (that is, either directly and rudely, or hospitably).
I'll cut you off in Russian, straight away.

Rus' is holy, Orthodox, heroic, mother of Holy Russian land.

Blackfoot passed (the nickname of our women in tidy Siberia for the dirty trail they carry out of the hut into the snow).
Live, live, guys, before Moscow visits (old Ural, Kazakh).
Rus' has overwhelmed us, completely crushed us (Siberian).
In Siberia, women beat sables with rockers.
Muscovites (i.e. Russians, according to the Little Russians): Moscow hour; wait until the Moscow hour (from the Russian saying: now). Moscow truth. At least cut off the floors and run away from the Muscovite. Mom, the devil is getting into the house! Darma, daughter, not a Muscovite. You can disown the devil, but you can’t fight off a Muscovite with a club.
Russian hour - happy day thirty; village month - with week ten.
Who is against God and the great Novgorod?
Where Saint Sophia is, there is Novgorod.
Novgorod is judged by its own court (in ancient times).
Novgorod (ancient) is judged by one god.
Ancient Novgorod and Pskov are masters (and Novgorod was even a master, sovereign).
Heart in Volkhov (in Novgorod), soul in Velikaya (ancient Pskov).
Novgorod, Novgorod, and older than the old one.
Novgorod honor. Novgorod soul (honesty in ancient trade).

Novgorod is the father, Kyiv is the mother, Moscow is the heart, St. Petersburg is the head.

Although Sofia is empty, it is not the Krutitsky verst (Sofia of Novgorod; the Novgorod clergy did not want to submit to the Moscow metropolitans, at the Krutitsky courtyard).
The Novgorodians tucked and tucked, and Novgorod continued tackling (about the destruction of the Novgorod veche or the conquest of Novgorod).
Moscow is the mother of all cities.
Anyone who has not been to Moscow has never seen its beauty.
Mother Moscow is white-stone, golden-domed, hospitable, Orthodox, talkative.
St. Petersburg is the helm, Moscow is the feed. St. Petersburg is the head, Moscow is the heart.

Moscow was created over centuries, St. Petersburg by millions.

The city of St. Petersburg is good, but it wiped the bull (roads).
Moscow hits from the toe, and Peter wiped his sides.
Peter is getting married, Moscow is getting married.

Glorious is Moscow for its rolls, St. Petersburg for its mustache.
There are forty forty churches in Moscow (churches in Moscow are divided into deaneries of forty).
At Spas they ring, at Nikola’s they ring, at old Yegor’s the clock speaks (Moscow).
Peter and Paul had the truth (in the dungeon in Moscow, where there was torture).
Moscow people sow the land with rye and live with lies (old).
To go to Moscow is to carry your head (old).
It can be seen that the city is great, that there are seven governors (the Moscow seven-boyars).
Moscow raznoboyarshchina (seven-boyarshchina).
Not only do I call that in Moscow (or in Kyiv).
In Moscow they call thickly (thickly, often), but thinly (thinly, rarely) eat (at a high cost for peasants).
There is no gathering for archers on Krestets (that is, there is no place, there is no place. In Moscow there were special squares for gatherings of different classes).
From Maskva, from Pasad, from Avashnov row (they tease the akalists).
Moscow burned down from a money (penny) candle;
Moscow caught fire from a spark (1443 Moscow caught fire from a candle in the church of St. Nicholas on the Sands; 1737 - from a candle in Miloslavsky’s house).
The first cities from Moscow are two ninety versts (Vladimir, Tver, Tula, Kaluga, Ryazan).
Moscow is not a wedge, there is no outskirts.
Moscow is humpbacked; hunchbacked old lady (i.e. on the hills).
Two brothers from Arbat, and both are hunchbacks.
Eat bread and salt, listen to the red ringing (of Mother Moscow).
In Moscow you can find everything except bird's milk.
In Moscow you will find everything, except your own father and mother.

There is no shortage of bread in Moscow.

Moscow is located in a swamp; they don’t thresh rye there, but eat more of the country stuff.
Moscow is famous for its brides, bells and rolls.
Moscow loves stock.
Spas has no reserve.
Moscow is crowded and bready. Moscow is a kingdom, the village is paradise.
In Moscow, every day is a holiday (in many churches).

Moscow dirt does not get dirty.

Moscow is like a board: sleep wide, but it sweeps all around.
In Moscow, you don't have to take care of your money, you don't have to take care of yourself.
To wander (go) to Moscow - to carry the last penny (money).
Moscow is a mother to some, a stepmother to others.
Going to Moscow is just to get money.
Moscow doesn’t believe in tears (it doesn’t indulge, that is, you can’t pity anyone, they’re all strangers).
You can’t slander Moscow (you can’t pity it).
Moscow does not cry (does not grieve) for anything.
Moscow does not cry for our (other people's) troubles.
If you live in Moscow, you can also live in melancholy.
Lives in Moscow - in considerable melancholy.

Moscow is golden-domed. Painting by artist I.V. Razzhivin

Oh, Moscow! - she hits from the toe. Hit the board, remember Moscow!
Mozhaisk pig-raisers, Mozhaisk wind (unreliable).
Kolomenets are black-skyed. Klinovtsy are bast workers.
An uncle is coming from Serpukhov: he is stroking his beard, but there is no money.
Vereits are nomads (Sochi - fishermen's bundles and bread).
Dmitrov residents are frog people, swamp people. Ruztsy are woodcutters.
Nut (Shlisselburg) and hot pepper (old).
Lugovtsy are peddlers. The residents of Ladoga drove the pike off its eggs.
The pies are good, but the thick stuff is thicker (they tease the Novgorodians - thick-eaters).
Novgorodians are slotters. Stubborn, like a Novgorodian.
Not a Novgorod nobleman - not a great gentleman.
Uloma nail (Novgorod province, Cherepov district, Uloma village, where all the blacksmiths and nailers are).
Tikhvin residents are a holy place where there are no Tikhvin residents.
Kreschans (Krestsy) are bast workers. Kirillovites are kashehlebs.
Belozertsy - Belozersky smelt.
Kirillov bow to nine spans with a tail (monastic).
Demyanets are potters; by the way!
Valdai Mountains and Lyuban thieves. Bells.
Well done, buy some good ones, and a kiss to boot.
The city of Borovichi is a din city.
The residents of Borovichi are wave-makers, water-drinkers.
Borovichans are onion growers. Onions, green onions.
From Volok to Utka it took three days (three miles).
The Old Russians ate the horse and wrote to Novgorod asking for more.
Pskovites - cabbage eaters, chaff eaters, ruffed eagles.
God bless the Prince's Bridge and the Mikhailov Pogost (Psk province; this bridge and graveyard are in the swamps, where there was once a lot of robberies).
Torop residents are tabaters.
Toropchane - Egyptians (Egyptians?).
Torop residents: the Poles with guns, and we with clubs (the siege of the Sergian Lavra under the Pretender).
If you want, you'll jump, if you don't want, you won't jump (in the old days, the bride used to say: if I want, I'll jump and, agreeing to get married, she jumped over the belt placed around her or into her skirt).
Olyanshchina - thief (lake, Pskov province).
Porkhovtsy are Tolokonniki.
Tverites are vendaces. Run, run! - And what? - Don’t you see, the marten is running! - This is a dog from Klementyev's yard. - Well, then let it go.
Tverites drink tea with sugar. Tsukana.
Once you pass Pogorelets and Kushalino, go boldly to Moscow.
Kushali (Tver uyezd, village of Kushalino) - berdniks, chastobays.
Kushalin peasant women are fine weavers.
Ostash - ruffed eaters, shoemakers, gold seamstresses; wolf scraps.
Seligerians (Tversk) - ruffed eiders.
Kimryaks - rennets (Kimry. Tver. lips., Korchev.
y.; from the dish: pork rennet with porridge).
The rooster was kept on a rope so that he would not go to someone else's land.
Kimryaks are plasterers in summer, chebotari in winter.
The cities of Korosten, the possessions of Holgin, the Krivichi people.
Novotors are thieves (say the Ostash to whom they answer): and the Ostash are good.
Thieves are novotors, and ostashes are good, but the holy place is where there is no Tikhvin.
Old people: The old woman is a tar-maker. They lost the grease gun, but Nov was tossing and turning after it.
Take forty altyn! “Sorotsy are not sorotsy, but I won’t give you less than a ruble.”
The old people greeted the rooster with bread and salt.
A menacing ambassador arrived near Staritsa: his fur coat was inside out, he was low-slung, and had five lengths across; he doesn’t say a word, but only hisses: but this is an Indian rooster.
Kashin residents are water-drinkers (i.e. teapots).
The people of Kashin killed a dog for a wolf and paid money.
Kalyazin residents bought a pig for a beaver; They bought a dog for a wolf.
Our Makarya has three of Natalia’s money, but give me a penny, choose any one.
The people of Kalyazin, Uglich, and Vologda are Tolokonniki.
Semendyaevshchina - baker and sausage maker, gingerbread maker and pie maker (Tver. gub., Kalyaz. u.).
The Bezhe residents knocked down the bell tower with a horn (that is, by shaking tobacco in a horn. This saying is given, however, to different natives).
The Zubchans took a cockroach on a rope to the Volga to drink.
Whose youth are you? - Zubchevsky merchant. -Where were you? - I went to Moscow around the world.
Zubchans - Volochan residents, came to us (Rzhev residents) for cabbage soup; We didn’t give him any cabbage soup, they sent us away.
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We (in Vladimir) have a lot of land: two ninety from Moscow and drink water from Klyazma.
Vladimir residents are masons; cranberries. One cranberry, one cranberry!
Our slaves are masons (old Rostov residents of Vladimir).
Waders were gathering, sitting in the swamp - they are Suzdal and Volodymyr residents (from the song).
Vladimir: wooden stoves, golden gates, iron churches (the wooden stove was in the bishop's house of the Assumption Cathedral; the golden gates are known; the iron church was at the Nativity Monastery).
Residents of Vladimir: our fellows (like those from Vologda) neither fight nor fight, but whoever eats the most is a fine fellow. Sterlets.
In Vladimir, they even chop noodles with an ax (this custom is kept only in free, i.e., state-owned villages).
The people of Suzdal are gods. George's replacement for Friday (St. Paraskevi) was exchanged (the image is not sold, but replaced).
In Suzdal and Murom to pray to God, to take a walk in Vyazniki, to get drunk in Shuya. Suzdal residents are seals.
Murom residents are holy (they expelled Bishop St. Basil in the 13th century). Spinning Beans; horned nuts; kalachniki.
Shuyan: if only I had some strong soap. They gave Bes as a soldier.
The Shuisky rogue will harness anyone to a collar; I’ve been to St. Petersburg and spilled on the floor, but I didn’t fall.
Yuryevites are Sinologists.
Kovrovtsy - ophens, peddlers, rogues; burry (for the Ofen language).
Ontufievtsy are mynki (Translated by uyezd. They say “myn” instead of “they say”, “they say”).
Kizhila (Translated by U.) is out of her mind. The Kizhan people asked for a gold certificate.
Lychentsi (Pereylasl. u.) - calf raisers.
Yaroslavl town is a corner of Moscow (this is said about many other cities).
Yaroslavl residents: handsome men, white bodies, singers, singers, clean people. They used up a pound of soap, but they didn’t wash off my sister’s birthmark.
Candy makers, cuckoo babies (men don’t live at home much). Savior was sold at the gate.
They say that in your Rostov state, Rostov Lake burned down.
Here in Rostov, we have garlic, onions, and horse manure. Gardeners, poultry farmers, capon farmers. Rostov capon.
The devil went to Rostov and got scared of the crosses.
Here, parya (guys), is our king: an awl in his hands and a bristle in his teeth; call the beater, klepala (Galicians about Rostovites).
The Poshekhontsy are blind-born: they got lost in three pines. They were looking for a mosquito seven miles away, but the mosquito was on their nose. We climbed a pine tree and looked at Moscow. I listen: who is whistling? and it's in my nose. The legs were mixed up under the table. They don’t lie on the edges, but all in the middle (about the Poshekhonians of Yarosl. and the Galicians of Kost. they tell a lot of this kind, about which a whole book has been published, however, an imitation of the German one, about the Swabians).
Uglich residents: I suppose, dad, it’s not ours (father and son went to steal: the father was a coward, the son encouraged him).
The Volga was kneaded with oatmeal (or: re-spread; it is also said about the Vologda residents, etc.).
Romanovites - cut loose. The ram was swaddled in a shelter (stolen, swaddled and placed in a shelter to hide). Here is my right hand, I give it to you through my dear child, but if I stole it, then he too would be stuck on the knife.
In Romanovshchina (Roman district, small estate) there are as many lordly yards as a hare has crowbars (i.e. jumps).
Danilovites are favorite catchers, non-distributors. Catcatchers: they didn’t buy the cat, but they killed it at the market.
All Saints gruel, three arshins each.
Favorites - they fed the goat gingerbread. Water farmers.
Don’t teach the goat, she’ll pull it off the cart herself, and the most pure hand will clean everything up. It’s twelve o’clock, and mother hasn’t been out with the world (that is, since the gathering; the men are all earning money, and the women are in tens).
Mologzhans are horse guides (i.e., they control horse guides along the Volga).
Rybinsk residents: the girl’s birthmark was washed off, the bathhouse was deliberately heated.
A Sitskar with an ax is like a Cossack with a horse (on the City River; Yarosl. Mol.).
The ax dresses Sitskar, the ax puts on shoes, the plow feeds him.
Sitskaya kokora (sitskari - barmakers, carpenters).
Nizhny is Moscow's closest neighbor: the houses are made of stone, the people are made of iron. There is a lot of water, but there is nothing to draw (Lower, on two rivers, but on a mountain).
Nizhny Novgorod residents are standing on the mountain, watching and shouting: tea, take note of where the seagulls are flying (Nizhny Novgorod residents often say tea).
The beard is from Nizhny Novgorod, and the mustache is Makaryevsky.
Nizhny Novgorods are not freaks. Nizhny Novgorod residents are water drinkers (i.e. teapots).
Nizhny Novgorod is either a spendthrift, a thief, a drunkard, or a wife who is a walker.
As if from Elkhovka, the crowns (that is, the crowns) are shorn.
Kstovo - Hristovo: the glass is small, but the wine is good.
We (Nizhny Novgorod residents) would not have gathered and stood up, so you would have been digging the filthy earth with your nose (an allusion to the time of Pozharsky and Minin).
Tatinets and Slopinets (villages) are the breadwinner for thieves (old).
To steal in Arat, to sell in Yakshen, to bury ends in Murashkino (Arat of Arzamas, Yakshen and Murashkino of Kiyagininsky district).
Vasiltsy (on the Sura River) are sterlet birds.
The princesses are hat makers. They crushed the convoy with their hats.
Murashkintsy - sheepskin coats, sour rubezok; sour sheepskin.
Oh, Ustya Koposovska! (Bran; Koposovo - a village near Nizhny).
The Kunavina settlement brought me together in three arcs (a haven of debauchery at the Nizhny Novgorod fair).
Nowadays trifles are behind Oka (about Kunavin).
The Lyskovites are honest people; If he is not a thief, then he is a fraudster.
The detective in Lyskovo is not a drunkard, not a swindler, and in Yurkino not a robber (a village in Makaryevsky district).
Chernovskoe (Nizhegorsk, Sergach district) is a place for thieves.
Makarya has Natalya for money, but for a penny - a whole cartload.
Balakhonians are loons. Balakhonsky loon.
The city of Balakhna stands, the floors are wide open (Balahna stretches along the Volga for about three miles).
In Gorodets (Balakh. u.) on the mountain there are three girls in the yard.
The people of Arzamas are goose breeders, onion growers; Malevans (icon painters).
The people of Arzamas shackled the cathedral (they tied the vault with hoops).
In Kardovili they strangled, in Ponyatovka they buried, in Corino for wine.
Semenovtsy (Nizheg.) - Trans-Volga Kokura. Baklushniki. Spoons, Burlatsky spoon. Warm, felted goods.
Sergachi, Lukoyanovites, Ardatovites are drunken (Zateshsky) slobs; Drunkenness - buckwheat spots; drunken women - chupakhs, butenes.
Kostroma has a lascivious (cheerful) side.
On Kusi - have a drink and a snack (Kus, river Kostr.).
Kostromichi: it would be better to be burned three times than to be widowed once.
Kostroma residents are in a bunch, and Yaroslavl residents are away (separately).
The hand is unclean; they lost the bast shoes, searched around the yards, it was six - it became (found) seven.
Kostromichi (from Kostr. down the Volga, to Yuryevets) - hungry, sharp-hoofed, tamoiki (pronounced tamoiko vm. there).
Galich deceived Kostroma on the island.
The Galicians dragged a cow into the bathhouse; the city of Galivon, Lake Miron, and the people of Krivichi, Ovchinniki. Furriers. They stirred the oatmeal in the river with an oar.
What the hell, Galunki (Galicians).
Galicians are alarm bells. Galich voivode (self-willed).
Chukhloma people - Chukhloma hands! He has his mittens in his bosom, and is looking for others.
Starogorodtsy (on the Unzha River, Makar u.) are onion growers.
The people of Kineshma and Reshem are cloth makers.
Kineshma and Reshma carouse and make trouble, and Sologda pays the losses (Sologda lies between Kineshma and Reshma, who quarreled in the old days).
Buevites are homebodies, foresters. Buoy the town, recapture your wallet.
Kaduyevtsy are Kadochniks. Kaduy - inflate your sides.
The devil was looking for Bui and Kaduy for three years, and Bui and Kaduy stood at the gate. (The Tatars were looking for Bui in order to ruin it, but did not find a road to it).
Soligalichan - limestones, logs.
Sudislavites are mushroom pickers. Kologrivtsy are tar producers.
The village of Lupino (Nereh. Uezd.), Armenians are stupid, but Nerekhta will teach you some wisdom.
Don’t be afraid of thieves on the Armenian road, but be afraid of stone houses in Nerekhta.
Nerekhotsk runners (Nerekhotsk residents walk around the villages with a steelyard to buy yarn).
Vetluzhane - sleigh rides. A sunny and a cart, but nothing to get out with.
Varnavinians are honey lovers.
The village of Voronye has seventy gentlemen during the day (small-scale), and at night one (who will go for robbery).
I go to Soli - I don’t bring anything, I go from Soli - I carry a full bosom (residents of the village of Soli, Kostr. Gubernia, due to the abundance of vegetables, supply them to walking visitors for free).
Vichugovtsy are napkin makers. The Parfentyevites are cat-catchers.
They raked Kazan and passed the Horde.
Sell, prince, some soap (they tease the Tatars).
Kazan orphan, Kazan beggar (a rogue pretending to be a poor man; from the former Kazan Murzas).
In Tetyushi the mayor weaves bast shoes.
Sviyazhans are bream foresters. Residents of Samara (Saratov) are mustard makers.
Simbirsians are grave stealers, swingers.
Viden (Simbirsk), but we'll go for seven days.
Arkhangelsk residents are walrus eaters and roofers. Ivanovich, get off the roof, I’ve come to see you (the roofer’s wife came to St. Petersburg and called for a statue from the Winter Palace).
Pomors are red tops (seal).
Arkhangelsk residents are shanegniks; Shanga is sour.
The city of Arkhangelsk, and the people in it are devilish.
We also have fish soup with pancakes on Vaga. Vagane are cross-bellied.
The Kholmogory people are corner-goers (they looked at Peter I from around the corners).
From Kholmogory to Kola - thirty-three Nikolas.
The Onezhans are Prokhoryats, Prokhor's children.
Prokhor sent a letter, and ordered Lobodyrny to collect money.
There is no cart in all of Onega. In the summer, the governor was taken around the city on a sleigh, and the onuchi were dried on the horns.
Pinezhans are hiccups (a common disease there: hiccups, hysteria).
Pinezhans: I bought for ten denezki, sold for two grosyk; The profit is scanty, and there’s not a lot of money.
Mezen residents are soot-eaters, black-tropes (untidy).
The Shenkur people are water farmers (barge haulers, they wear a spoon on their hat).
God break the boat, feed Soloza (on the summer shore of the seaside).
Kola Bay is like a Moscow prison (you won’t get out soon).
Whoever lives in Kola for three years will not be deceived in Moscow.
Cola is a hook, and people are a hook. Kola monster.
The people of the Lord are the people of Israel: every word is not true.
On Kolya, you can kill a person in order to drink a glass of milk.
Wherever fish go, St. The nose will not escape (Kemskaya).
Residents of Petrozavodsk: I’m rocking my shop, I’m rocking my mytny yard, I’m rocking my market (about market women).
Boska was eaten. Boska, Boska, you're wearing a bone (dog's name).
Kargopol residents are white-eyed chud. Raw foodists.
Olon residents: Olon residents are good fellows. Our fellows neither fight nor fight, and whoever eats the most is a fine fellow. One of our fellows ate thirty pie pies, all with cottage cheese.
Dear Olonets - white shores.
The Kayvans have not been to Olonets.
Vytegors - camisoles.
The governors of Vologda drank away.
In words - like butter, but in reality - like Vologda.
Vologda residents ate a calf with a horseshoe. Tolokonniki - The Volga was mixed with oatmeal.
Ustyuzhans are horn-makers, tobacco workers. The bell tower was knocked down with a horn. Red-tongued. Black silver coins. Mazy.
Usoltsy - borage.
Hud Permyak, but he knows two languages.
Chusovlyans (Perm) - Chebotari.
The Sylvin people are Veksheeders (Sylvin plant, Krasnouf uezd).
Cherdyntsy - shepoeds, dry-miners (Carpenters, Cherdyn uyezd). Sorcerers. Damn witch doctors.
Vyatchans are Khlynovsky boyars. Pandemonium. Koldyki (gov.
sorceries).
Vyatski are smart guys. We Vyatchki are quick-witted guys: seven of us are not afraid of one thing.
The people of Vyatcha are dishonest: yesterday they spent the night with us, and they stole her baby.
In Vyatka: at random. Vyatich sows bread at random.
Vyatichi - Tolokonniki, Vani.
Vyatka is the mother of all wealth. Vyatka walks around looking around.
Vyatichi - Vyatka battle (with a sea monster; see popular print map).
The Vyatichi are blind-born (the Ustyug residents came to the rescue, but the Vyatichi considered them an enemy and began to beat them. Votyaks have blind eyes, while newborns have very small eyes).
The Vyatichi are stupid (the Novgorodians allowed idiots on rafts to approach the Bolvansky town (the village of Nikulitsyno), the Vyatichi were gaping at them, and the Novgorodians, on the other side, took the town).
Slobozhan (Vyatsk) - Jewish diggers (a Slobozhan dug up the corpse of a Jew, believing that Jews are buried with money).
The Khlynovites put boots on a cow (stolen so that there would be no trace).
Khlynovsky thieves. Khlyn took it (disappeared).
Kursk thief. The white king has no thief against the Kuryan.
Cross yourself - Androns are coming (Kursk).
We are not people, we are Abode residents (Kursk, Gubernia).
Oryol residents are moneyless people; broken heads.
Orel and Kromy are the first thieves, and Karachev is a sacrifice.
Bryantsy are pranksters. Bryansk goat (Orlov.).
The gypsies walked around Mtsensk ten miles (Orlov.).
Mtsenyan. Amchenin should go into the yard (and the saints out).
Yelchan residents are rennet residents. Rainbow drank a tub of water.
In Yelets, on Sosnya River, a hen bred a vutenka.
In Yelets - a girl with an egg, and behind Yelets - half an egg.
Yelets is the father of all thieves, and Livny is marvelous to all thieves.
The Liventsi-Salamatoi broke off the bridge (the Liventsi took the Salamatas to meet the governor, a pot each from the yard).
In Sevsk they put a piglet on a roost, saying: claw, claw, chicken with two legs, let it hold on.
The Bolkhovites greeted the crayfish with a ringing sound: the governor was crawling towards us, carrying bristles in his teeth.
Kaluga residents: the Kaluga resident will have dinner, but the Tula resident will go to bed anyway. dandies; the dandy is smart, on the aspen tree, on the oak tree, and how he screams: weave, weave! They drowned the goat in the malted dough (the crows croaked on the tree, and the man, getting ready to set off, predicted a bucket for his comrades, saying: goldfinch, etc.).
Mosali - Gutors: they bullied the governor. Mother Zautra (river), do not flood our city of Mosalsk and our elder Gavryushka!
Likhvinsky mountains (Kal.) and Novosilyevsky thieves (Tul.).
Tula is a soul of steel. The flea was chained. Sit down, tank, siskins are flying (Tula people are bird catchers).
A good hare is a blow, a good fellow is a tula.
Lives in Tula and eats dooley.
Strike with your forehead in Tula, search in Moscow. Tula zipun blew away.
Efremovites - they cooked porridge in the wallet (Tul.).
Aleksinians are archers.
Odoevtsy: Well done, well done! Sell ​​lean eggs (cucumbers. Tul.) for a penny.
The people of Krapiven greeted the hay with the ringing of bells (thinking that it was the governor. Tul.).
Kashirs: Hat off! - What? - Look, all the boyars. (Driving through single-yard villages and seeing huts with chimneys, gates with mortars, sleighs with trump cards, the men considered them manorial estates).
The devil took the same-lords to the market and overturned the sieve over Kashira.
She covered Kashira in matting, and put Tula in bast shoes.
The city of Chern is a year older than Moscow.
Ant-catchers (the nickname of the hard-working residents of the village of Vysokoya Gora, Novosilsk district).
Besovo, Runovo - God bless you, and Ternovo and Baskach will at least jump around (Tul. province, Kashir. district).
Ryazans are cross-bellied, blue-bellied. They caught the sun with a bag and caulked the prison with pancakes. (Blue-bellied - from blue shirts. In the battle with the Muscovites, the sun was in the face of the Ryazan people: they began to catch it in a bag in order to release it on the enemies. According to the order: to caulk the prison, the Ryazan people kept postponing the matter - until Maslenitsa, then they were reined in, they caulked his pancakes).
Spasty: Where are you from, young man? - Spassky merchant. -What are you selling? - Red goods: tallow candles and clean tar (Ryaz.)
For Savior, tar is also a red commodity.
Yegoryevites are farriers, bunglers, ore throwers: they sharpen the knife themselves, but they probably speak.
Dednovtsy - Makars. (When Peter I was in the Ryazan province, when asked by him, the Dednovtsy, one after another, called themselves Makars, because the sovereign said to the first: good). Kissers. Makars catch fish until they spawn.
Where Makar visited, no fish were caught for seven years. (They fish in rivers and lakes and are experts at catching all the fish).
Gulynki is close, raise your clubs (Gulynki, Ryazan province, Pronsk district, there used to be robbers).
Lazarevichi-vichi, fire victims-cry, navolok-crest, Teplukhina-khokhlukhina, Yalchina-mountain, highly baked.
Penzentsy (Penzyans) are thick-footed. In Moscow they recognized their crow.
Sura is an important river for us: the bottom is silver, the steep banks are gilded.
Borisoglebtsy are sour-nesters (they were formerly furriers and gluers. Tamb.).
They struggle where the pegs stick out.
Elatom residents are womanizers.
The Morshants are fellows.
Tambov residents are Molokans. Steppe khreptuks, thick-legged!
Temnikovites - advisors; an owl was baptized in the lake (in Sovinoye. Having taken a walk, the Temnikovites caught an owl and, playfully, put a gaitan on it and dipped it into the lake; it flew and sat on a church cross, where, having become entangled, it hanged itself; this prank cost the Temnikovites dearly: they had to withdraw the owl at your own expense. Tamb.).
The Kadom people are kissers, somyatniks: they caught a catfish in the oven (Moksha drowns Kadom: once the catfish was carried into the open oven).
Astrakhan is watermelons, and we are naked (glorious).
Astrakhan residents are chilimniks (chilim - water chestnuts). Caviar. The blubber is rotten. Beluzhniki. Robbers. Duvanshchina.
In Astrakhan, cows also eat fish (salted).
Krasnoyarsk residents are fellow citizens.
The people of Astrakhan sent mare's meat instead of fish to Novgorod.
Where are you from, Ivan? - From your freedom, dear (Astrakhan old-timers tease tramps).
Golodayevites are migrants in the Astrakhan province (due to their poverty).
Long-bellied (Voronezh settlers in Astrakh province, girded low).
Saratov townspeople sold their cathedral under the hammer.
Chekhon (fish) jumped over the cathedral (in Saratov).
Wise Germans are moorhens.
The boasters are thugs. Syzrans are idiots.
Go downstairs - there is wheat.
If you have nothing to pay your debt with, then go (go) to the Volga (either to become barge haulers or to commit robbery).
Ladybug, fly beyond the Volga: it’s warm there, it’s cold here.
Smolensk is a Polish bone, but overgrown with dog meat.
Smolyan: Which province? - Smolenskaya. - Which district? - The city of Dorogobuzhsk. - Which volost? - Demyanova Posad. -Which village? - From Ivan’s estate. - Which boyar? - I don’t know about that.
Smolyans are krupenniki, mezgovniki (pulp is pine wood, which is mixed into bread).
He went to the city for pulp and joined the red ranks.
At least hit the Malakhovsky Gate.
Smolensk residents crushed a flea with peace.
Vorovskaya Piskovshchina (Smol. Gubernia, Sych. u; village of Piskovo).
Lazy, like a Klepsian peasant (Smol. province, Sych. district, village of Klepeni, where everyone is poor, according to custom).
Vyazmichi - gingerbread, gingerbread. We are illiterate people, we eat unwritten gingerbread.
Stupid Vyazma, stupid Dorogobuzh.
Vyazma got stuck in the gingerbread.
Roslavtsy are tar people.
Vitebsk residents: Bagpipes and a whistle, assemble our house; the plow and the harrow destroyed our houses.
Litvins - strawberry farmers, diggers, bast workers. White hats, magerki (felt hats).
How dare he take a Litvan without him getting caught?
There is water all around, and in the middle there is trouble (about Sebezh, Vitebsk).
Mozyr is like a bubble: all around there is trouble, in the middle there is trouble.
In Vilna - like in a soap shop.
Anyone who has not been to Vilna has not seen miracles.
In Vilna there are seven roads for a Jew and three for a Pole.
Azov was glorious, Smolensk was formidable, and Vilna was wondrous.
Apparently they were driving the sieve (said Litvin, looking at the bast shoe trail along the road).
Ovrutskaya (Oshmyanskaya) gentry (i.e. naked, ragamuffin).
In Lutsk, everything is not normal: there is water, there is trouble in the middle.
A peasant's chest never gets cold, a Jew's heels, a Poles' ears.
Anyone who has never been to Odessa has never seen dust.
He came out of prison and settled on the Don.
Donets - sturgeon, balychniki, stanitsa.
On the Don they neither weave nor spin, but walk well.
Crimeans are herring farmers and gardeners. The herrings are rotten.
Crimea is not crooked, Azov is not about a hundred steps.
Little Russians - Mazeppians, crests, forelocks; the turkey hatched; choked on a dumpling. A turkey hatched seven crests from one egg.
The devil took the head off the Ukrainian and gave him a turkey head.
The crest is stupider than a crow, and more cunning than the devil.
The Khokhlatsky flail hits on all sides (Khokhlats thresh through the hand).
May those crests breathe out! - And so that those Muscovites drag them out (answer).
And the crest is like water, and the crest is like chaff.
The crest will not lie, and he will not tell the truth.
He is a crest (that is, cunning and stubborn).
Rusak before reading, little Russian before singing (Western).
Wenger from near Lokhvitsa (Polt. province, peddlers).
Trans-Dnieper Italian. Assholes.
They sold the Ukrainian's belt for three money, and the crest didn't care for it.
Poltava sits on the mountain like a peahen, and in the mud like a toad.
Zolotonosha is good all around.
Romenetsy - tobacco workers (Poltava).
Glukhovtsy - daddy's tobacco (Chernigov).
Pereyaslavtsy (Zaozerets) - betrothed (Poltava).
Red Kut will set kaput (Khark province, where, according to legend, there was once a gang of robbers).
Siberia is not moss-covered. Siberian Varnak.
Siberia is terrible to hear, but people live better than ours.
Siberia is a goldmine (from the fur and trade industries; now this is literally justified).
Rus' piled on us, completely crushed us (Siberian).
Chernolapotnitsa (Russian, in Siberia).
Okhotsk inhabitants are nomads.
For the health of grandmother Gugnikha (the Urals say, honoring her as their foremother, the first woman remaining in the army).
Radimichi - wolf's tail run (voivode Wolf's Tail beat the Radimichi).
The trouble is in Rodna.
Behind the Drunken River people are drunk (by the river Nizhny Novgorod, 1377. The Russians were defeated in the camp by the Tatars).
The Cossacks came from the Don and drove the Poles home (liberation of Moscow from the Poles in 1612).
On one side is Cheremis, and on the other beware (in 1524, an army on ships sailed to Kazan and was beaten in the rapids by Cheremis).
He disappeared like Bekovich (under Peter I, sent to Khiva and died with his detachment).

Anika the Warrior is the hero of a Russian folk poem about Anika and Death. In a figurative sense, it means a person who boasts only when away from danger.

In the poem, the young Anika warrior boasts of his strength and ravages defenseless people. On the way, Death meets him and reproaches him for boasting. Anika the warrior is not at all afraid of her and challenges her to a duel. Death quickly overcomes him, and he, repenting of his rash word, begins to beg her to give him at least some time, but Death kills him.

Anika look. Anika warrior (see popular print).
Shemyakin court. Shemyaka crooked justice (1446 Shemyaka blinded the Dark One, seizing the throne).
The Volga is a long sail, but the Danube is wide. Apparently, the Danube and Volga will not merge.
The Volga is the mother of all rivers. The Mother Volga is wide and long.
Mother Volga is deep, free, wild.
The Dnieper is fast and wide.
Don Ivanovich is quiet, golden.
Danube Ivanovich.
Prut, Dniester, Neman are bordering.
The Urals are a bonanza, a silver lining.
From bottom to top, from top to bottom (about the river).

Proverbs about war

More sweat in training, less blood in war.

The warrior fights, and the wife grieves.

The military oath is an inviolable law.

During war, even walls have ears.

There is safety in numbers.

And I would go to war, but it would be a pity to leave my wife.

Life is given for bold deeds.

Commandment of military affairs: move secretly and skillfully.

One warrior leads thousands, but God leads thousands and warriors.

Vigilance is our weapon, the enemy's vigilance reveals.

Take care of the commander in battle, protect him like your own life.

A chatterbox is a godsend for a spy.

Chatterboxes and whisperers are harmful.

Chatting can cost lives.

To be afraid of death means not to be a winner.

The fight is red with courage.

He loves courage and fight.

Combat requires skill.

In an offensive, multiply courage by skill.

The will of the commander is a great force.

Serve as an example everywhere, cherish the honor and glory of the regiment.

The Guards mortar will find the enemy everywhere.

Guards glory is poison to the enemy.

Where there is courage, there is happiness.

Where there is courage, there is victory.

The hero doesn’t know many people, but the whole country repeats his name.

The grenade is small, but sweet to the fighter.

I took the oath - not a step back.

For a spy, a real treasure, who is talkative and simple-minded.

Supporting each other means winning.

If it is tailored in Russian, then there is only one warrior in the field.

Life on your knees is more shameful than death.

The law of a fighter is endurance to the end.

Go fearlessly into battle beyond your native land.

A snake changes its skin once a year, but a traitor changes its skin every day.

Guardians of the Motherland are vigilant and vigilant.

One person knows - it’s a secret, two people know - it’s not a secret.

The unit's banner is a shrine.

Commanding without skill is like a blind man picking mushrooms.

To believe firmly means to win.

He who is without courage is without joy.

He who walks into fire is spared death.

Whoever makes people happy in a regiment, the whole regiment stands behind him.

Whoever goes forward is not afraid.

If you don't take risks, you won't win the battle.

There is no friendship stronger than front-line brotherhood.

Don't lose courage - not a step back.

The river is no barrier for an experienced warrior.

Caution does not cause headaches for a warrior.

Courage protects the warrior.

From stupid risk to disaster is close.

Victory is the companion of the brave and skillful.

They don't expect victory, but catch up.

The one who does not allow himself to be intimidated wins.

The regimental song invigorates the spirit.

Shooting in vain is just wasting gunpowder.

I went on reconnaissance - take note of everything.

Foresight is half the battle.

The sniper rarely hits, but hits accurately.

A soldier is a brother to a soldier.

Soldier's friendship is stronger than death.

They know the soldier's gait from afar.

Happiness is always on the side of the brave.

The soldier's overcoat is his bed.

The bayonet has a sharp nose.

Bravery without intelligence is not worth much.

The brave is not the one who does not know fear, but the one who recognizes it and goes to meet it.

The brave is the master in battle.

I will help you, you will help me - this is the first law in war.

To have success, know your task well.

Army youth - you won't find more fun.

Beating the enemy is a sacred thing; you have to beat him skillfully.

An experienced soldier is rich in experience.

To be brave is not to be beaten.

Courage is important, but skill is also needed.

A soldier who is rich in strength and dexterity is enduring in battle.

It's bitter in battle, but sweet afterwards.

In battle you need ingenuity, courage and hardening.

To be in battle is to know the value of life.

In battle, alignment is only along the front.

Heroes are born in battle.

Loyalty to the oath is the law of victory.

Learn from military experience and don’t neglect useful advice.

Stand strong on defense, move quickly on offense.

The enemy is prowling - looking for a loophole in the soul.

If you defeat the enemy, you will strengthen the world.

An enemy tank is only scary to those who are confused and stunned.

All for one, one for all, and success in battle is guaranteed.

It's not the cold, but the strength of the weapon.

A tree burns in fire, but a soldier becomes stronger from fire.

Keep your gunpowder dry and you will be invincible.

Discipline is the soul of the army.

Discipline is the mother of victory.

Stand for each other - you will win the battle.

Friends are made in battle.

If difficult times come, our fighter will go against seven.

If you doze, you won't catch your tongue.

If Katya starts singing, the enemy will not live even a day.

Temper your body for military work.

Secure your victory, pursue the enemy on the heels.

Don’t go back for victory: it’s always ahead.

And the master is afraid of military affairs.

Scared - half broken.

As you fight, you will become famous.

Every place at the front is important, everywhere you have to fight bravely.

Every warrior knows his maneuver.

What is the regiment, such is the meaning of it.

As are the officers, so are the troops.

When timidity comes, victory goes.

He who is not afraid of danger avoids danger.

He who is brave is safe.

You can't defeat the enemy at random.

There's no point in blaming the rifle if you don't know how to shoot yourself.

In war, sleep is worse than the enemy.

You can't save yourself from every bullet of fear.

The people and the army are one family.

Resourcefulness in battle is a great strength.

Retreat is not defeat.

Sharpen your hearing and eyes: he who is brave and cunning will win.

An officer is an example to the soldiers.

Victory is given to the calm and courageous.

Victory is not snow; it does not fall on your head.

Intelligence is the eyes and ears of the army.

Intelligence is the profession of the smart and brave.

A scout needs skill, subterfuge, cunning, and camouflage.

The Russian heart is stronger than the enemy's armor.

Not even a bomb should be placed next to the brave.

If you can’t dig in yourself, a bullet will bury you.

Ingenuity in war helps doubly.

A secret is the same network: if a thread breaks, the whole thing will unravel.

Only those who are afraid are beaten.

The hero who stands up for his homeland.

Winter is no hindrance to a skilled warrior.

The scout has a sharp eye, a cunning mind, excellent hearing, and a hunting sense of smell.

Honor hangs by a thread, but if you lose it, you can’t tie it with a rope.

Keep the soldier's honor sacred.

Clean boots go faster.

What your enemy shouldn't know, don't tell your friend.

Proverbs and sayings about the Motherland, patriotism

There is no more beautiful country in the world than ours.

Moscow - Decoration for the homeland, intimidation for enemies.

Moscow is like granite: no one will defeat Moscow.

It’s not scary to die for Mother Moscow.

Moscow is the mother of all cities.

They say it in Moscow, but they listen all over the country.

Mother Moscow road: you can’t buy it with gold, you can’t take it by force.

Moscow is miles away, but close in heart.

All people are proud of Moscow, the capital.

All rivers flow into the sea, all roads lead to Moscow.

Moscow was not built in a day.

A man without a homeland is like a nightingale without a song.

Take care of your homeland like the apple of your eye.

The native land is sweet even in a handful.

Everyone has their own side.

In your home, the walls also help.

On the other side, the Motherland is doubly dear.

You live on the side, but your village is all on your mind.

Wherever the raspberry lured, it brought back the native village.

In a foreign land, kalach is not a joy, but in the homeland, black bread is a sweet treat.

On the other side, even spring is not beautiful.

In a foreign land, even a dog feels sad.

The foreign side is a dense forest.

Seeing a fellow countryman is like visiting home.

To live is to serve the Motherland.

He who stands up for his homeland is a true hero.

Be not only the son of your father - be also the son of your people.

The whole world knows - there are no tougher Russians.

The sons of Russian mothers are famous for their heroic prowess.

Russian people remember good things.

Russian people are patient until the beginning.

The smoke of the fatherland is lighter than someone else's fire. (Cast.)

The smoke of the fatherland is better than the fire in a foreign land. (Greek)

If it’s raining gold in a foreign country, but it’s raining stones in ours, it’s still better to live on your own land. (African)

One winter at home is better than a hundred springs abroad. (Azerb.)

After parting with a friend, they cry for seven years; after parting with their homeland, they cry for the rest of their lives. (Uzbek.)

Each country has its own customs. (English)

The price of an abandoned yurt will be found out from a new one. (Azerb.)

Proverbs and sayings about peace and war

He who sows peace will reap happiness.

The defense of peace is the work of all the peoples of the world.

Peace builds, war destroys.

Light will conquer darkness, and peace will conquer war.

He who sows the wind will reap the storm.

He who does not value peace is our enemy.

The enemies have only one thought - to turn the light to the bottom.

Those who want to fight have no reason to go to war.

The enemy has peace on his tongue, but war in his heart.

Proverbs about defending the Motherland.

Learn to defend your motherland.

Die from your native land, but don’t leave.

Give for your native land and life.

I don’t feel sorry for my life for the Fatherland.

Do not spare your strength or your life for your Motherland.

He who stands for a just cause will always win.

Fight bravely for a just cause.

The heroic people will sweep away their enemies from their native land.

He who loves his homeland cuts down the enemy.

Take care of the border like the apple of your eye.

It is not enough to wish for victory - you must take victory.

The enemies cannot extinguish the sun, and we cannot be defeated.

The enemies ran into Russian bayonets.

The enemy is preparing for war and will come at our bayonets.

The enemy is fierce, but our people are steadfast.

Came uninvited - left tattered.

We don’t go in first; if they come to us, we won’t hide.

He stepped on Russian soil and stumbled.

It is always useful to study military affairs.

I joined the Army and found my own family.

Our army is not alone, the whole country is with it.

Feel free to go into battle, the Motherland is behind you.

If it is tailored in Russian, and there is only one warrior in the field.

The Russian soldier knows no barriers.

The enemy has long been familiar with the Russian bayonet.

Just as a Russian takes a bayonet, so the enemy shakes.

Take the oath - show courage in battle.

A brave fighter is good in battle.

You can't win a battle with past glory.

He loves courage and fight.

Don’t touch us, we won’t touch us, and if you touch us, we won’t let you down.

A bad soldier is one who does not dream of becoming a general.

Be proud of your regiment, and distinguish yourself.

Gain your glory in battle.

The hero dies - his name will remain.

Not the fellow who has a brave appearance, but the one who creates victory.

He who despises death wins.

A coward glorifies himself with his tongue, and a brave man with his bayonet.

You can't defend yourself against a bayonet with cowardice.

Learn courage from a scout, caution from a sapper.

The sniper rarely hits, but hits accurately.

A sniper is known by his shot, a scout by his language.

The scout has a sharp eye, a cunning mind, excellent hearing and a hunting scent.

From dawn to dawn, the sailors are vigilant on watch.

Where the border guard is vigilant, there are no gaps for the enemy.

Every bush is a helper for a partisan.

A good shooter has a mark on every arrow.

It’s not the shooter who shoots, but the one who hits the target.

If you aim accurately, you will rarely miss.

The glory of the Russian bayonet will never fade.

Keep your gunpowder dry and you will be invincible.

Discipline is the mother of victory.

Stand for each other and you will win the battle.

They knew who they were beating, that’s why they won.

For a brave soldier, a grenade is also a glove.

There is a charge left - don't back away.

He who storms with his tongue will not fight much.

It is not the kind of friendship that is strong that is concluded in words, but the one that is sealed in battle.

Gain intelligence in learning, courage in battle.

It is not enough to take a fortress, you must hold it.

Retreat is not defeat.

The superiority of a hero lies in caution.

Disguise is cunning and dexterity.

There is no change in battle, there is only support.

If the enemy gets away, cut off his path.

Until the battle is over, the horses are not unsaddled.

Keep the soldier's honor sacred.

Fire cares about the flame, and a warrior cares about the banner.

Every bullet threatens, but not every bullet hits.

The city takes courage, but vigilance protects them.

Be vigilant - don't wag your tongue.

In the strong fusion of the front and rear there is an invincible force.

Like a sword, like a pen, they fight for one thing.

He who shoots well defends well. (Japanese)

If there is no courage in the heart of a warrior, neither his strength nor his weapons will help him. (Ind.)

A brave general does not have cowardly soldiers. (Japanese)

If the enemy attacks the people, he is not a horseman who takes pity on himself. (Kyrgyzstan)

A nail will save a horseshoe, a horseshoe will save a horse, a horse will save a brave man, a brave man will save his homeland.

Proverbs and sayings about the Motherland, patriotism, war

Please tell me proverbs and sayings about patriotism? and got the best answer

Answer from Lyudmila Fatyanova[guru]

The hero who fights hard for his homeland.
Go to your native land - there is paradise under the Christmas tree.
On the foreign side there is something sweet - mustard, in the homeland - horseradish - candy.
The Motherland is your mother, know how to stand up for her.
Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword (Alexander Nevsky)
And the smoke of the fatherland is sweet and pleasant to us (A. S. Griboyedov)
A line from a popular Soviet song that was once practically a saying: “Think about your Motherland first, and then about yourself.”

Answer from 2 answers[guru]

Hello! Here is a selection of topics with answers to your question: Please tell me proverbs and sayings about patriotism?

Answer from Alexey Zlygostev[guru]
Patriotism is not an outburst of emotions, but a calm and lasting devotion that lasts throughout a person’s life. Robert Louis Stevenson
Patriotism is one of the deepest feelings, consolidated by centuries and millennia of isolated fatherlands. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Rulers should not blame people for lack of patriotism, but do everything in their power to make them become patriots. Thomas Babington Macaulay

Answer from Edward Unknown[guru]
"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" is an aphorism spoken by Dr. Samuel Johnson at the Literary Club on April 7, 1775, and published by James Boswell in Johnson's Life in 1791.

Answer from Ekaterina Ismailova[newbie]
Proverbs
He who loves his homeland and the Soviet people is a true patriot. (Patriotism)
A Soviet patriot would love any feat. (Patriotism)
Not the person who lives for himself, but the one who gives happiness to the people. (Patriotism)
Together with my dear one, she fell into line: he is a fighter, and his wife is a sister. (Patriotism)
The crackle of machine guns will not frighten the patriots. (Patriotism)

Answer from Ayp[newbie]
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Answer from Yoamira Sabzalyeva[newbie]
Take care of the border like the apple of your eye.
Take care of your native land like your beloved mother.
In the battle for the Fatherland, death is red too.
Houses and walls help.
In a foreign land, even a dog feels sad.
The Russian land is great - and the sun is everywhere.
There is nothing like leather.
Everyone has their own side.
Needed where was born.
The main thing in life is to serve the Fatherland.
The pine tree stands far away, but makes noise in its own forest.
Don’t spare your strength or your life for your homeland.
The smoke of the fatherland is lighter than someone else's fire.
To live is to serve the homeland.
It's warmer overseas, but it's lighter here.
And the bread on its side is bored.
He who stands up for his homeland is a true hero.
He who loves his homeland and people is a true patriot.
Those who love their homeland will not be indebted to them.
Whoever serves the Motherland faithfully fulfills his duty exemplarily.
Love for the Motherland is stronger than death.
The bird is small, but it protects its nest.
On the native side, even the pebble is familiar.
On the other side, even spring is not beautiful.
On a foreign side, the Motherland is doubly sweet.
In a foreign land, kalach is not a joy, but in the homeland, black bread is a sweet treat.
On the other side you will bow to the harrow.
On someone else's side, I'm happy with my little crow.
There is no more beautiful country in the world than ours.
There is no force that could defeat our Union.
The radio broadcasts about those who defend their Motherland.
One mother is dear and one homeland.
On my native side the heart sings.
Shame before the Motherland is worse than death.
The Motherland is the mother of all mothers.
The Motherland is your mother, know how to stand up for her.
Homeland comes first.
They protect their homeland with their heads.
You don’t choose your homeland, like your parents.
To love your homeland is to serve your homeland faithfully.
The native land is sweet even in a handful.
The native side is the mother, and the alien side is the stepmother.
The native land is a paradise for the heart.
The native bush is dear to the hare.
There are no relatives, but my heart cries for my native side.
From your native land - die, don’t leave.
Feel free to go into battle, the Motherland is behind you.
That land is sweet, where the mother gave birth.
Only those who love their Motherland not in word but in deed will be honored.
A person without a homeland is like seeds without soil.

In this article we will look at proverbs about the Motherland. We hope that they will be very useful for your children.

It is very important to raise a patriot in your child, especially if a boy is growing up. Girls must turn into caring mothers and faithful keepers of the hearth, but boys must be able to stand up not only for their family, but also for their Motherland. Although girls also need to attach love to their native land from childhood. The allegorical meaning of folklore forms, of which there are plenty, will help with this.

Explanation of proverbs and sayings about the Motherland, patriotism for preschool age, kindergarten

Such short phrases are easy for kids to remember. The importance of one’s native land for a person and his duty to the Motherland should be taught already in preschool age. But help you understand some difficult-to-understand phrases by giving a detailed explanation.

• “Where not to live - to serve the Motherland”- even if you had to leave for another country, you cannot forget about the country in which you were born. You need to be a wall for your country until the end.


• - and this proverb teaches us that you don’t choose your land. You need to live and work in your native place. Then you will reach heights.
• "Hero - for the Motherland with a mountain"- a true hero for the Motherland in any situation will stand to the last, regardless of the inconvenient situation or time.
• “The main thing in life is to serve the fatherland”- Previously, patriotism was valued and demonstrated higher. Yes, today living conditions have changed. There is no longer such a need to fight for your lands and defend their honor. But you must always be ready to stand up for yourself, your family, your land!
• “Overseas there is joy, but it is someone else’s, but here we have grief, but our own.” No matter how beautiful it may be in other countries, it is not native, which means it has not yet shown all its disadvantages.
• “And the forest makes more noise when there are a lot of trees”- this is an instruction that the people should be friendly and look in one direction, then they will become invincible.
• “And the dog knows his side”— take your dog or cat to the forest, even if it’s several kilometers away, but the animal will definitely find its way home. No matter how difficult it was for him along the way.
• “Whoever fights for the Motherland is given double strength”- in his native land, he gains confidence in his abilities, he receives additional protection and support, and therefore becomes twice as strong as his enemy.
• “The side where the navel is cut is cute”- this side will always be the best, because it was there that the best years of our lives passed.

About my native place

• “In one place even a stone becomes overgrown with moss”- if a stone lies in one place for a long time, it becomes covered with moss. That is, a person who stopped in one region “takes root”, “overgrows” with all the household goods, builds a family and has children.
• “In a foreign land, sweets are like mustard, but in the Motherland, horseradish is like candy.”- another confirmation that even bread will be tastier than any other person’s sweets.
• “Do not renounce the Russian land - it will not renounce you either”- a foreign land will not provide that support, even if you live for 10 years. And the Motherland will always give strength and support in any situation, if a person does not turn away from it.
• “In its own swamp even a frog sings, but in a foreign land even a nightingale is silent.”- You can relax and feel free at home. But in distant countries even birds cannot sing.
• “Where a deer has passed, a Russian soldier will pass, and where a deer will not pass, a Russian soldier will pass.”- shows what courage the Russian people have. After all, he can go even where animals do not go, if this is required for the Motherland.


• “A hero never dies - he lives forever among the people”- all the heroes who gave their lives for their land will never be forgotten by their descendants.
• “The warmth of the Motherland is felt by the whole heart”- when he returns to his native lands, whether it’s a village or a city, his chest and heart become a little warmer and more joyful.
• “Sacrifice for the Motherland is the highest sacrifice”- this sacrifice concerns not only one person or even his family, it is a sacrifice for the sake of the entire people! For the sake of all her friends, family and loved ones, that’s why she is the most important.
• “The people have one home - the Motherland”- and absolutely right. No explanation required here.
• “The native land blows with warmth, and the foreign land blows with cold”- another confirmation that it is warmer and more comfortable in your native land.

Explanation of the best proverbs and sayings about the Motherland, patriotism for primary and secondary school age

It is important to set an example for a child, because children receive all their knowledge initially from their parents, and only then from the world around them and friends. Therefore, even in small things, express patriotism and love for the Motherland. It would be very useful to also touch upon the topic of environmental pollution. When teaching your child to throw away garbage, emphasize the importance of his share for the Motherland.

• “Take care of your homeland like the apple of your eye”- zenitsa from the Church Slavic dialect is an eye, a pupil. If it is lost, the person will simply go completely blind. Therefore, even without a hometown, a street, a home, a person will become a nobody.


• “Be not only the son of your father - be also the son of your people”— a father is the second support of every child, especially a boy. But the boys must give twice as much for supporting their father and the home of their homeland. This proverb also draws an analogy between the Motherland and parents, who are so important in our lives.
• “In the battle for the fatherland, death is red”- if a person died fighting for his homeland, then it was not in vain. This gesture is a right and beautiful act that will be appreciated by descendants in the future.
• “What kind of people you come to, you will wear a hat like this”- Each nation has its own customs, requirements or tastes. The headdress becomes a distinctive feature that immediately catches the eye.
• “You can’t exchange Faith, Motherland and Mother for anything!”- after all, these are the three main components of a person that he himself does not choose, cannot exchange or buy in a store. And they invest almost everything in a person, making him a person.
• "A hero dies once, a coward dies a thousand times"- the hero goes to the end, even if there is death ahead. And a coward can hide, betray or retreat just to survive. Therefore, he dies as many times as he retreated.
• “And the bones cry for the Motherland”- a person even wants to die on his native lands, so that the soul after death also finds peace. Moreover, even in such a situation, you want to be close to your family and friends.
• “For fish - the sea, for birds - the air, and for man - the fatherland”- in this world, every living creature needs its own area of ​​​​residence, in which it will feel as comfortable as possible.

Proverbs about one's native country

• “The bird that dislikes its nest is stupid”- she should live in this nest. Therefore, it is stupid to sit and complain if you can make your home more beautiful and be happy.
• “Don’t spare your strength or your life for your Motherland”- this is a direct instruction about fighting to the last. Even if you have to give your life. Remember how our ancestors fought. It is only thanks to them that we have what we have today. Therefore, we cannot retreat.
• “If friendship is great, the Motherland will be strong”— patriotism should not come only from one person. You need to stand behind your Motherland with your compatriots, then there will be a visible result.
• “It’s good to sing songs outside the mountains, but it’s better to live at home”- It’s good to relax while visiting or in a foreign country, but at home it’s still more comfortable and familiar.
• “He who fights under the native sky acquires the courage of a lion”— in your native land you gain confidence.
• “Whoever trades in the Motherland will not escape punishment”- in life, everything has a relationship between actions and consequences, so betrayal will definitely come back to haunt you in the future.
• “The Motherland is more valuable than any country”- a direct indication that everywhere is beautiful and good, because we do not know about all the negative sides of each country. And ours is our most native place on earth.

Explanation of popular Russian folk proverbs and sayings about the Motherland, patriotism

Proverbs and sayings help develop and train memory. Yes, they also have an instructive character, which has been passed down from our ancestors. But their main quality is that they remain in the memory for a very long time. After all, a brief content with great meaning is easily remembered and stored in the subcortex of the brain.

• “Take care of your native land like your beloved mother” is another proverb that gives direct instruction. There is a comparison of the native place with the mother, who gave the most valuable thing - life.
• “Whatever nation you live in, adhere to that custom”- folk wisdom that speaks of the differences in every nation. And you should adhere to the rules in which you live. And not focus on foreign priorities.
• “Everywhere is good, but at home it’s better”- no matter how good it is at a party, at sea or on vacation, at home everything is familiar. Therefore, you can relax not only with your body, but also with your soul.
• “Where someone is born, that’s where they come in handy”- everyone has a purpose and everyone has their duty. But it completely depends on what region a person is in. That is, a person must repay his debt to his native country, where he grew up.


• “The Motherland is your mother, know how to stand up for her”- homeland is equal to mother. Therefore, you need to stand up for her not only in deeds, but also in words. A bit of a harsh example, but offending your homeland is practically the same as offending your mother.
• “A man without a homeland is like a nightingale without a song”- Everyone should have a native land, because without it a person loses a part of himself.
• “Where not to live - to serve the homeland”- even in distant lands we must not forget about the Motherland.

Correct words

• “Where the pine tree is grown, there it is red”- another repeated saying that teaches you to appreciate your native land. After all, it is the place where a person was born that makes him beautiful.
• “On the other side, the homeland is twice as dear”— you understand the value of your native places when the time comes to leave them. And then in the distance you begin to really miss them.
• “If the people are united, they are invincible”- another saying that indicates the incredible strength of the people in unity. Here is a clear example when one can be attacked by offenders. And if friends get involved, then these same offenders will not only get scared and run away, but will also receive a slap in the face.


• “If it is tailored in Russian, and there is only one warrior in the field”- here we are talking about the fortitude and fortitude of every Russian resident who will fight alone until victory.
• “You live on the side, but your village is all on your mind”- no matter where you are, your thoughts will return to your native land, and your heart will miss them.
• “Once upon a time there was a fine fellow; I didn’t see any fun in my village, I went to a foreign land and cried.”- this saying has a very deep meaning. In your land you don’t appreciate what you have and complain about everything. And when you go to a foreign land, you realize that home was better.
• “To live is to serve the Motherland”- this is the most famous instruction, which was very popular in the post-war years. Life used to revolve around fighting for their lands. Therefore, the main and direct duty was to serve one’s Motherland, protect it and benefit it.

IMPORTANT: Explain to your child that serving the Motherland does not always mean running around with a machine gun and shooting at visitors. You can, for example, touch on the global problem with garbage. After all, it is not customary to litter your home, since you will have to clean it yourself. So the Motherland is a home that needs to be taken care of.

• “Houses and walls help”- this proverb emphasizes that the native land cares and helps. A direct and accurate analogy is if a person is sick. When he is in the hospital, and although doctors take care of him, the patient does not feel better. But after 1-2 days at home you already get back on your feet and instantly feel a surge of strength and energy.


• “Wormwood cannot grow without a root”- not only wormwood, but any plant. Man and even representatives of the animal world cannot exist without a homeland. Wormwood is used in this example because this weed grows anywhere and in any conditions. But even he needs a root.
• “On the native side, even a pebble is familiar”- no matter how it is at home, but indeed even a pebble on the road or a tree in the field will be a familiar sign.
• “In a foreign land, even a kalach is not a joy, but in the homeland, even black bread is a sweetness.”- no matter how beautiful a foreign place may be, it will not provide the same warmth and comfort of life as one’s home and land.

Explanation of interesting proverbs and sayings about the Motherland, patriotism for children

Proverbs may contain already outdated words or phrases. Therefore, proverbs may sound interesting. But such unusual pronunciation can sometimes be difficult to understand. Therefore, explain incomprehensible words to your child and ask again how he understands this or that proverb.

• “It’s better to lie down on your own side than to gain fame in a foreign land.”- betrayal is not only bad, but also low and vile. And our native land must be defended not only in word, but also in deed.
• “The native country is a cradle, a foreign country is a leaky trough”- a Tatar proverb that reveals the meaning of native and foreign lands. A person is born in his homeland and spends the best time of his life, but a foreign country is only visually beautiful. In fact, she doesn't stand out as anything special.


• “Let the spoon of the one who is not drawn to his cauldron be broken”— in this proverb there is an allegory of the cauldron with the Motherland, for which one does not feel sorry for one’s life.
• “Sacrifice yourself for the sake of your Motherland, and people will sacrifice themselves for you”- another proverb that teaches us to give and receive. After all, even after the death of the heroes, his family is supported and helped in any way possible.
• “He did not die, whom the Motherland remembers as a friend”- that is, a person lives in the memory of subsequent generations, so he remains alive even when he is not around.

• “You will gain lost gold through labor, you will gain your lost homeland with blood”- gold can really be mined in the ground. Yes, this is not an easy job. But you can only return your homeland by fighting.
• “Homeland is the mother, foreign land is the stepmother”- a saying that accurately cites the association. Any country (that is, its inhabitants) will treat foreigners like a stepmother.
• “You won’t find your homeland, like your parents, in a foreign land”- none of us choose these things. And even a change of place of residence will not make you a resident of another nation and country. Just like parents, no guardian can replace them. You can draw an analogy with parents and uncles and aunts. It will be easier for the child to understand the comparison.
• "Well, where we do not"- there is no ideal place. There will always be some shortcomings that are clearly visible only under the nose.
• “A thin bird is one that soils its nest.”- another example that you need to take care of your home and your homeland. After all, cleanliness begins with everyone.
• “In a foreign land, as if in a home, it’s both lonely and dumb”- not only is the problem that you don’t know the language, but you don’t have those old friends with whom you can talk. And there are no relatives who will always support.
• “On the other side, the Motherland is twice as dear”— you begin to appreciate your loved ones only when they are not around.
• “On the other side, dogs will bark for three years and people will groan for three years.”— it will take approximately this amount of time to get used to new housing, new life and new conditions.
• “Our strength is a united family”- a short saying that you need to be friendly and united, then you can become invincible.

Explanation of the meaning of small, short proverbs and sayings for children about the Motherland, patriotism

In order for a child to learn the material faster, you need to learn sayings gradually and constantly. That is, start with small and short proverbs. Do not overload your baby, learn 1 proverb per day. And so that it is remembered well, and he has time to understand it, stretch out the learning for a certain period of time.

• “The raven beats the eagle at its nest”- even birds drive strangers away from their home, protecting it at all costs. Even if a crow is weaker than an eagle, it is on its own territory.
• “Even a sparrow is strong in its native nest”- another bird that is clearly not famous for its great strength. But in his native land he gains incredible courage.
• “You can leave home, but not your homeland”— the house changes several times in our lives. But the Motherland cannot be rebuilt or bought, since it is united and for life.
• “Give up your head for your native land”- Belarusian proverb, which shows the importance of the native land. It is for him that one should stand until the bitter end.
• “He who loves his homeland hates his enemy”- You cannot love another country and call yourself a patriot. If a person truly loves his country, then he will make every effort to make it better than any other nation or country.
• “On my native side, every bush is familiar”- again, this is confirmation that over the years you have gotten used to every pebble, bush and people around you. And this creates that very warm atmosphere that can only be found in the Motherland.
• “The native land is like a bed for the weary”- not only the body, but also the soul rests in its native land. Yes, you need to spare no effort for your home in order to create only the best conditions, but the soul will only rejoice in this.
• “In my native land, like in paradise”- this saying accurately conveys the state of a person who is overwhelmed with feelings after a long separation from his native lands.
• “Defend your father’s land from the enemy”- the saying teaches the future generation to protect their land at any cost. After all, this is what our distant ancestors did, who laid down more than one life on the battlefield.
• “The best friend is the mother, the best sister is the Motherland”- This is an Azerbaijani proverb, which makes it clear that the mother will always support, but the Motherland will always “lender its shoulder.”
• “Winter is nicer on its own side”- Indeed, even winter is not so severe in its own region, and the sun in summer is not so scorching in its homeland.

Interesting knowledge for your children

• “The Motherland is like a mother: it will always protect”— you can even remember the laws that are different in each country. And not a single foreign country will take care of visiting residents the way the Motherland will.
• “Perhaps, yes, I suppose leave it at the front”- this proverb teaches not so much patriotism, but points out unnecessary words in our speech. It’s just a matter of chance, because you can’t count on them.
• “A machine gun and a shovel are a soldier’s friends”- a machine gun is the main weapon for defense and attack, and a shovel is necessary for digging trenches to hide from enemies.
• “The hero dies - the name remains”- this proverb points to the eternal memory of great heroes who were not afraid to stand and die for their Motherland.
• "Fight loves courage"- a true patriot will not hide from the enemy. And he will boldly defend his country.
• “For the homeland, for the honor - even if you cut off your head”- that is, it’s not scary to die for the Motherland. And honor is expressed by the ability to defend one’s land and not run away at the first threats.
• “There is no gold for old age, there is no price for the homeland”- a metal like gold does not deteriorate over the years and does not disappear. Therefore, nothing is more important than the Motherland.
• “And the crane is looking for warmth”- that is, he is looking for his home, something dear and warm, like the Motherland.

Proverbs and sayings about the Motherland, patriotism with drawings for children: photos

It is always visually easier and more interesting for a child to perceive any material. Therefore, when learning sayings and proverbs with your child, show him colorful pictures. You can even come up with your own drawing that will convey the meaning of some saying.

Proverbs about the Motherland
Learning with children

• “The smoke of the fatherland is brighter than someone else’s fire.”
• “The Motherland instructs, the Motherland helps out.”
• “Love for the Motherland does not burn in fire and does not drown in water.”
• “It’s better to be a shepherd in your homeland than a sultan in a foreign land.”
• “The native land is softer than someone else’s feather bed.”

Proverbs and sayings about the homeland and patriotism teach devotion and love for one’s native country.

Such sayings are studied by schoolchildren in classes in grades 1-5. Raising the younger generation is a responsible task. If a person does not love his country, it is difficult for him to find a worthy place in it. Folk thoughts about the homeland and patriotism help children realize the full power of patriotic feelings and develop in them respect for their fatherland and people.

• Take care of the border like the apple of your eye.
• Take care of your native land like your beloved mother.
• In the battle for the Fatherland, death is red too.
• Houses and walls help.
• In a foreign land, even a dog feels sad.
• The Russian land is great - and the sun is everywhere.
• There is nothing like leather.
• Everyone has their own side.
• Needed where was born.
• The main thing in life is to serve the Fatherland.
• The pine tree stands far away, but makes noise in its own forest.
• Don’t spare your strength or your life for your homeland.
• The smoke of the fatherland is lighter than someone else's fire.
• To live is to serve the homeland.
• It's warmer overseas, but it's lighter here.
• And the bread on its side is bored.
• He who stands up for his homeland is a true hero.
• He who loves his homeland and people is a true patriot.
• Those who love their homeland will not be indebted to them.
• Whoever serves the Motherland faithfully fulfills his duty exemplarily.
• Love for the Motherland is stronger than death.
• The bird is small, but it protects its nest.
• On the native side, even the pebble is familiar.
• On the other side, even spring is not beautiful.
• On a foreign side, the Motherland is doubly sweet.
• In a foreign land, kalach is not a joy, but in the homeland, black bread is a sweet treat.
• On the other side you will bow to the harrow.
• On someone else's side, I'm happy with my little crow.
• There is no more beautiful country in the world than ours.
• There is no force that could defeat our Union.
• The radio broadcasts about those who defend their Motherland.
• One mother is dear and one homeland.
• On my native side the heart sings.
• Shame before the Motherland is worse than death.
• The Motherland is the mother of all mothers.
• The Motherland is your mother, know how to stand up for her.
• Homeland comes first.
• They protect their homeland with their heads.
• You don’t choose your homeland, like your parents.
• To love your homeland is to serve your homeland faithfully.
• The native land is sweet even in a handful.
• The native side is the mother, and the alien side is the stepmother.
• The native land is a paradise for the heart.
• The native bush is dear to the hare.
• There are no relatives, but my heart cries for my native side.
• From your native land - die, don’t leave.
• Feel free to go into battle, the Motherland is behind you.
• That land is sweet, where the mother gave birth.
• Only those who love their Motherland not in word but in deed will be honored.
• A person without a homeland is like seeds without soil.