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* The most internationally well known modern animated series from Russia? Well, ''Animation/MashaAndTheBear''. Though here the bear in question is a GentleGiant and a bit of a [[BearyFunny goofball]].
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* The most internationally well known modern animated series from Russia? Well, ''Animation/MashaAndTheBear''. Though here the bear in question is a GentleGiant (he was raised in a circus) and a bit of a [[BearyFunny goofball]].
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* The brown bear is commonly used as the national animal of Russia, although not as much as it is used by other countries. (During the pre-Revolutionary period, Russia used the Byzantine double-headed eagle.) It ''almost'' became part of the coat of arms after the fall of the [=USSR=] (but it was decided otherwise).
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* The brown bear is commonly used as the national animal of Russia, although not as much as it is used by other countries. (During [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Prior]] to the pre-Revolutionary period, [[UsefulNotes/RedOctober 1917 Revolution]], Russia used the Byzantine UsefulNotes/{{Byzantine|Empire}} double-headed eagle.) eagle. It ''almost'' became part of the coat of arms after the fall of the [=USSR=] [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] (but it was decided otherwise).
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* The Tupolev Tu-95, the Soviet Union's main long-range bomber during most of the Cold War, is known by the NATO [[ReportingNames reporting name]] "Bear".
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* The Tupolev Tu-95, the Soviet Union's main long-range bomber during most of the Cold War, UsefulNotes/ColdWar, is known by the NATO UsefulNotes/{{NATO}} [[ReportingNames reporting name]] "Bear".
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* The United Russia party, the dominant political party in Russian politics once led by UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin, uses a bear as its symbol. Its current president is Dmitry Medvedev. Speaking of which, and appropriately, the name "Medvedev" means "bear's" in Russian.
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* The United Russia party, the dominant political party in Russian politics once led by UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin, uses a bear as its symbol. Its current president is Dmitry Medvedev.Medvedev, the Russian Federation's interim president until the Constitution was changed to allow Putin to come back. Speaking of which, and appropriately, the name "Medvedev" means "bear's" in Russian.
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* In the Ace the Bat-Hound story ''Hounded'' in ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}: Urban Legends'', one of Ace's companions is a bear called Ursa who used to be the pet/mook-disposal of a boss in Gotham's RussianMafia. Said boss also asks one of his mooks if he knows ''why'' Russia is symbolised by the bear, and when the mook suggests it's because bears are strong, replies that on the contrary, it started out as an absurdist joke making Russia look foolish. But they ''made'' it into a symbol of strength, because [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong that's what Russia does]].
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* In the Ace the Bat-Hound story ''Hounded'' in ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}: Urban Legends'', one of Ace's companions is a bear called Ursa who used to be the pet/mook-disposal of a boss in Gotham's RussianMafia.[[TheMafiya Russian mob]]. Said boss also asks one of his mooks if he knows ''why'' Russia is symbolised by the bear, and when the mook suggests it's because bears are strong, replies that on the contrary, it started out as an absurdist joke making Russia look foolish. But they ''made'' it into a symbol of strength, because [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong that's what Russia does]].
