Orc ( Cyrillic : орк, romanised : ork ), plural orcs ( Russian and Ukrainian : орки ), is a pejorative commonly used by many Ukrainians to refer to a Russian soldier participating in the Russian-Ukrainian War and Russian citizens who support the aggression of Russia against Ukraine. The pejorative serves to symbolize inhuman wickedness and brutality of the invaders. It comes from the name of orc , the fictional humanoid monsters from J. R. R. Tolkien 's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings .
10-674: [REDACTED] Look up ork in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ork or ORK may refer to: Ork (folklore) , a mountain demon of Tyrol folklore Ork (video game) , a 1991 game for the Amiga and Atari ST systems Ork ( Warhammer 40,000 ) , a fictional species in the Warhammer 40,000 universe Ork! , a 2001 role-playing game Cork Airport in Ireland Orkney Islands Ork,
20-647: A character in the book The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum Ork, the home planet of the character Mork in the American television series Mork & Mindy Orc [ edit ] An alternate spelling of orc , the name of a fantasy creature popularized by J. R. R. Tolkien An alternate spelling of orc (slang) , a pejorative term used in Ukraine for a Russian soldier in the Russo-Ukrainian War See also [ edit ] 90482 Orcus , Anti-Pluto,
30-484: A fictional species in the Warhammer 40,000 universe Ork! , a 2001 role-playing game Cork Airport in Ireland Orkney Islands Ork, a character in the book The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum Ork, the home planet of the character Mork in the American television series Mork & Mindy Orc [ edit ] An alternate spelling of orc , the name of a fantasy creature popularized by J. R. R. Tolkien An alternate spelling of orc (slang) ,
40-478: A pejorative term used in Ukraine for a Russian soldier in the Russo-Ukrainian War See also [ edit ] 90482 Orcus , Anti-Pluto, a trans-Neptunian object from the Kuiper belt with a large moon Orc (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ork . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
50-517: A trans-Neptunian object from the Kuiper belt with a large moon Orc (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ork . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ork&oldid=1250179635 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
60-417: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages ork [REDACTED] Look up ork in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ork or ORK may refer to: Ork (folklore) , a mountain demon of Tyrol folklore Ork (video game) , a 1991 game for the Amiga and Atari ST systems Ork ( Warhammer 40,000 ) ,
70-639: The evil necromancer Sauron , his domain of Mordor , and orcs were made at least as early as 2009 by a Russian-American blogger and 2012 by Russian journalist Leonid Bershidsky . Since the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014, Ukrainians have used the term to as a pejorative for Russian forces. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainians began to massively use the term "orcs" in relation to Russian military personnel and their war crimes . Al Jazeera English and Politico included
80-430: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ork&oldid=1250179635 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Orc (slang) Comparisons of Vladimir Putin's Russian regime and its security services to
90-470: The next day, he stated that the bodies of 132 civilians were found and that they were "killed by Russian orcs". Calling Russian soldiers "orcs" has been described as an example of dehumanization . The Spectator compared the "brutality and chaos" of the Russian troops to Tolkien's orcs and noted that the use of this term may not be just an accidental insult, but the result of drawing an analogy between
100-621: The term as an example of the "new language of war in Ukraine". The term is used by Ukrainian senior officials, the military and the media. For example, in early March 2022, in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol , demonstrators protested against "orc looting". On April 8, the chairman of the Sumy Regional State Administration , Dmytro Zhyvytskyi , announced that his region was now "free of orcs". The Mayor of Makariv Vadym Tokar [ uk ] followed him
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