Often, speaking of his own home, we mention the word "homeland".It refers to the house in which we were born, cherries, blooming at the window, the school yard, where chasing a ball, a quiet park, reminiscent of the first love and carefree youth.Motherland - it's part of our life and soul, a place for which no pity to give the most precious: freedom and life.
Origin
There are several versions of where the word came into our culture and way of life.The first says that the homeland - is the transformation of "Father."Therefore, it is treated as the "land of the fathers", "chosen by his father."Proponents of this theory believe that the word has Old Slavonic roots, was used in the days of Kievan Rus in IX-X centuries.A second version suggests that it does not come up with our ancestors, and the neighboring Polish people.They have the word ojczyzna, formed by ojciec - father.Some historians say that the Russian began to use it in the XVI century, when the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a large and influential state in the international arena.
As you can see, homeland - semantic derived from the father and the father - the male ancestors.It seemed to hint: while it is in a society dominated by men.Their decisions depended on politics, economics, culture and other spheres of social life.This was the foundation of patriarchy powers, and so it began to call homeland.Homeland identified with the victorious warrior, strong and powerful, that protects its people and protects it.
value
If you look at Russian dictionaries, then you can read everywhere that the homeland - a place where a person was born.In this land of his ancestors lived: mother and father, grandfathers and great grandfathers.Many believe that the native of you can safely call myself if born in a given territory in the third generation.In another case, you are still considered to be visitors or immigrant.
Fatherland - a land whose customs and traditions have long been part of everyday life.For example, only the real Russian people enjoy celebrating Old New Year's Day or a polar explorer - festivals that are unfamiliar to residents of other countries.Motherland - a concept that can be used in a broad and a narrow sense.In the first case, the state of which you are, in the second - your house, street, area or region.The word is also often used in a figurative sense.For us the homeland - not only the earth and the sky above it, it's also all the attributes of the Russian people: dolls, dumplings, brown bears, vest and kokoshnik.
Use
word homeland - one of the most popular in the works of the classics of Russian literature.They treated him with some trepidation, because in those days was the holy land homeland, protecting you, without fear or doubt went to their death.The word is often used in the Lermontov poem: "I love the fatherland, but a strange love."Pushkin also graced them with their world-famous rhymed lines: "For the Shores of Distant Homeland you left edge of a stranger."
In our time, we often use the word.However, in ordinary speech, it does not occur very often.Similar to the archaic, it is more suitable for special occasions, ceremonial events.For example, on February 23 we called Defender of the Fatherland Day, which sounds more festive than in the case with the Homeland.It is, for example, more harmonious sounds in everyday dialogue.If Homeland associated with something soft and home, the homeland - with a strong and severe.This word makes proudly raised his head and said: "I am Russian and proud of it!»
