| 释义 |
Volga|ˈvɒlgə|
The name of a Russian river used attrib. in Volga German, a member of an ethnic minority living near the Volga from the seventeenth century until the Second World War; also adj., of or pertaining to this people.
1941Times 9 Sept. 3/3 (heading) Volga Germans to go. Ibid., The Volga German region is an autonomous republic, with its own supreme council. 1947W. Baczkowski Towards Understanding of Russia v. 199 The following Autonomous Republics were liquidated: the Republic of Volga Germans, the Kalmyk Republic, [etc.]. 1973A. Price October Men xii. 176 Korbel deserted to the Wehrmacht... Told 'em he was a Volga German. 1985Observer 28 July 17/1 Muscovites say this is to keep out troublemakers (Volga Germans? Crimean Tartars?). |