unrussian

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.