unrussian

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ Russian.

Adjective

unrussian (comparative more unrussian, superlative most unrussian)

  1. Not Russian.
    • 1950, Envoy, volumes 3-4, page 40:
      Everything from the dried salmon, which one swallows down with vodka to the conversations that one hears, is in some way unique and unrussian. While I voyaged down the Amur I had a feeling that I was not in Russia []
    • 1961, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, The Spirit of Russia, volume 2, page 490:
      On the other hand, in religious matters Asia from early days exercised considerable influence upon Russia, and Leont'ev's fondness for the stationary characteristics of Asiaticism was not wholly unrussian.