Moscow Dynamo

[Alina Israeli]

Probably from иностранный легион http:// 
ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
Французский_иностранный_легион, aka French  
Foreign Legion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion


On Dec 8, 2006, at 2:07 PM, Valentino, Russell wrote:

> A local bookstore owner has asked me the following question:
>
> In Russia, players from foreign countries on Russian clubs are  
> referred
> to as "legionnaires" whether they are French, Brazilian, Bulgarian or
> whatever.  Do you know the origin of this usage?
>
> If anyone here knows the answer, please send me a note
> (Russell-valentino at uiowa.edu). Thanks.
>
> Russell
>
>
> Russell Valentino
> Assoc. Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
> Faculty Associate Director
> Obermann Center for Advanced Studies
> University of Iowa
> 319.353.2193 (Russian)
> 319.335.4034 (OCAS)
>

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