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Russianize
[ ruhsh-uh-nahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to subordinate and force to adhere to Russian culture, ideology, etc.
- (sometimes lowercase) to treat (leather) by a process similar to that used on Russia leather or by any process that will produce such leather.
Russianize
/ ˈʌʃəˌԲɪ /
verb
- to make or become Russian in style, character, etc
Derived Forms
- ˌܲԾˈپDz, noun
Other Word Forms
- ܲȴ··tDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of Russianize1
Example Sentences
“Now they have taken Diaghilev as one of their sons, which I suppose in some sense is correct, but my fear is they may Russianize him totally.”
Over the years since the October Revolution, Moscow has set out again and again to Russianize Ukrainian culture and to collectivize the rich Ukrainian wheatlands, only to be met by passive, stubborn resistance from the peasants.
After it was over, Stalin set to work with calculated savagery to Russianize and communize the area.
There would be little left if that force were allowed to Russianize America�it threatens Womanhood, Motherhood, Christianity and our free institutions.
In so far as he has moved from his native soil he has done so through the efforts of a despotic government to Russianize Siberia and the newly conquered regions of his own vast domain.
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