Sentence examples for Little Russian from inspiring English sources
noun
A native or inhabitant of Little Russia (that is, Ukraine).
Britten knew very little Russian.
Tchaikovsky's "Little Russian" Symphony completes the program.
There is surprisingly little Russian anything.
The playing of the "Little Russian" was sometimes scrappy.
The Russians are peeved that China buys little Russian machinery and few manufactured goods.
Once they roused themselves on Sunday, the "Little Russian" gained energy, sweep and color.
As a result, little Russian oil reaches the United States now; most goes to Europe.
The height of the cold war, and they have a cartoon in Pravda showing the big bad Philadelphia Flyers beating up the little Russians.
"There was a cartoon in Pravda that showed a giant guy with a Flyer logo with a big club beating up on the little Russians, and I thought to myself, My god, do I love that," Snider said.
Part of the confusion may stem from the fact that some Galicians, including Sacher-Masoch, called themselves "Little Russians" or "Ruthenians" (both of which are sometimes translated as "Russian"), but Mr. Chernetsky suggested that something more bizarre was at work.
It looks a little like Russian constructivism.
