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Misha and the Bear: The Bear Metaphor for Russia in Representations of the “Five-Day War”

Russian Politics and Law. 2009. No. 5. P. 26–39.
Рябов О. В., De Lazari A.
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Keywords: Russian-Georgian wardehumanizationpolitical metaphor image of Russia“Russian Bear”
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