орлёнок

Definitions

1. 1.
   eaglet (an eagle chick)

   • Орлё́нок, орлё́нок — могу́чая пти́ца, Лети́ ты в далё́кий мой край, Там ма́ма-стару́шка по сы́ну томи́тся, Роди́мой приве́т переда́й!

     Orljónok, orljónok — mogúčaja ptíca, Letí ty v daljókij moj kraj, Tam máma-starúška po sýnu tomítsja, Rodímoj privét peredáj! — Eaglet, eaglet – mighty bird, Fly thou to my faraway land, There [my] elderly mother for [her] son is pining, To [my] darling [mother], give [my] greetings!

2. 2.
   a member of a Soviet pioneer camp Орлёнок (or it's modern equivalent) or a boy who is acting like one
3. 3.
   a teenager who was fighting on the Red side during the Civil War in Russia, Belarussia and Ukraine (1917-24)

   • Меня́ называ́ли ‘орлё́нком’ в отря́де, Враги́ называ́ют ‘орло́м’.

     Menjá nazyváli ‘orljónkom’ v otrjáde, Vragí nazyvájut ‘orlóm’. — In the squad [mates] called me ‘eaglet’; Foes call me ‘eagle’.

4. 4.
   a teenager who took part in the defence of Lemberg fighting on the Polish side during the Polish-Ukrainian War (1918-19)

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