Залесье

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Etymology

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From за (za) and лес (les, “forest”). The original sense referred to the forests around the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal, a predecessor of the Tsardom of Moscow and modern Russia.

Sense 2 refers to Russia's forests and Moscow's position from Ukraine in the perspective of a Ukrainian.[1] [2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Зале́сье • (Zalésʹje) n inan (genitive Зале́сья)

  1. (historical) A historical region of Russia located near Moscow.
  2. (slang, derogatory, neologism, by extension) Russia.

Declension

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Declension of Зале́сье (inan sg-only neut-form vowel-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative Зале́сье
Zalésʹje
genitive Зале́сья
Zalésʹja
dative Зале́сью
Zalésʹju
accusative Зале́сье
Zalésʹje
instrumental Зале́сьем
Zalésʹjem
prepositional Зале́сье
Zalésʹje

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ After RF Disintegrates, New Russian State Must Arise where Central Federal District is Now and without Moscow as Its Capital, Lazarenko Says, Window on Eurasia 2.
  2. ^ «Российская империя постоянно уменьшается, и очень быстро». Как идеолог проекта «Великороссии» представляет себе постимперское будущее России, Republic.ru.
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