The personification of Russia is traditionally feminine and most commonly maternal since the Middle Ages.
[1] Most common terms for national personification of Russia are: Russian: Ма́тушка Росси́я, romanized: Matushka Rossiya (dim.
'Russia the Mother' Russian: Ро́дина-мать, romanized: Rodina-mat In the Russian language, the concept of motherland is rendered by two terms: Harald Haarmann and Orlando Figes see the goddess Mokosh a source of the "Mother Russia" concept.
[4] During the Soviet period, the Bolsheviks extensively utilized the image of "Motherland", especially during World War II.
During the Soviet era, many statues depicting the Mother Motherland were built, most to commemorate the Great Patriotic War.