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Shouldn't the title be "Defender of the Motherland Day"? This isn't a Germany holiday you know.

-G —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.231.37.230 (talk • contribs).

In the English speaking media the holiday is most often referred to as "Defender of the Motherland Day". This is an inacurate translation since the word Otechestvo (Russian: Отечество) is derived from the Russian word for Father, Otyets (Russian: Отец). Motherland is Rodina (Russian: Родина) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ghirlandajo (talk • contribs).

The Russian Embassy names this holiday as Protector of Motherland Day, i think it would be correct to use it as an official name of this holiday. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.177.117.139 (talk • contribs).

I also found a reference for "Homeland Defender Day"[1]. What should the title of this article be? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 20:14, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As a Russian, I think "Homeland Defender Day" is the most correct one. The word "Otechestvo" is indeed can be translated as "Fatherland". But when I hear the word "Otechestvo", I imagine my country without any father- or mother- related sense. And the most of the Russians too. On the other hand, I suppose this word has it's cultural meaning and most of language experts won't agree with me. 93.81.238.222 (talk) 21:34, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's pretty straightforward "Fatherland"[edit]

The 2nd comment from the top is absolutely correct linguistically. And shouldn't we follw the Russian name as closely as possible, considering that it's a Russian holiday. Just for reference The Moscow Times uses form "Defenders of the Fatherland Day" [2]. Smallbones 14:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How about "Defenders of the Soil from the Vistula to the Ural Mountains, not including the Baltic countries" ? 68.19.3.135 (talk) 21:24, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

انا عبد العزيز 102.212.139.204 (talk) 08:19, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Russian Invasion of Ukraine started on 23rd Feb[edit]

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine started on the evening of the Defender of the Fatherland Day, shouldn't this be mentioned? 213.205.198.158 (talk) 13:46, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Israel has no connection[edit]

Why the is Israel is mentioned please provide a source or deleted the Israel section 2.53.180.248 (talk) 14:22, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]