Great Russian

noun

1. a member of the main stock of the Russian people, dwelling chiefly in the northern or central parts of the Russian Federation in Europe.
2. the Russian language, excluding Ukrainian and Byelorussian.

Great Russian

noun

1. linguistics the technical name for Russian Compare Belarussian Ukrainian
2. a member of the chief East Slavonic people of Russia

adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their language

Word History and Origins

Origin of Great Russian¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

After the results were in, the true price of the doping scandal — as well as the questionable rigors that have brought us the Great Russian Rotational Revolution — became apparent.

From Washington Post

“Great Russian Nutcracker” Moscow Ballet takes the stage in a filmed performance of the Tchaikovsky favorite.

From Los Angeles Times

Moscow Ballet’s “Great Russian Nutcracker,” now on its 27th North American tour, will make 144 stops, including Bethesda, Maryland, and Fairfax, Virginia.

From Washington Post

Putin last month proposed replacing the crowd-sourced online encyclopedia Wikipedia with an electronic version of the Great Russian Encyclopaedia - the successor to the Soviet Union’s main encyclopedia.

From Reuters

The Moscow Ballet began as a pickup touring company composed of Bolshoi dancers, and it now makes frequent visits across the United States with its colorful, diplomatic “Great Russian Nutcracker.”

From New York Times