наше всё

Russian

Etymology

Literally, “our everything”. Named because of Pushkin's role in Russian vernacular language and literature.

Phrase

наше всё • (naše vsjo)

  1. (idiomatic) Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and prose writer
    А Пушкин — наше всё: Пушкин представитель всего нашего душевного, особенного, такого, что останется нашим душевным, особенным после всех столкновений с чужими, с другими мирами. ― A Puškin — naše vsjo: Puškin predstavitelʹ vsevo naševo duševnovo, osobennovo, takovo, što ostanetsja našim duševnym, osobennym posle vsex stolknovenij s čužimi, s drugimi mirami. ― And Pushkin is our everything: Pushkin represents everything that is spiritual, special about us, that which will remain spiritual, special about us after all our encounters with foreign, other worlds. - A. A. Grigoriev, “A Look at Russian Literature Since Pushkin’s Death,” 1859.
  2. (colloquial, often sarcastic, humorous) Something of primary importance; an essential figure within a field
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