Ura means "rush" or "kill" in Russian, and it also means refueling, victory and long live.

Russian officers and men usually shout "Hurrah!" when charging. It is often translated as "Long live!" The Soviet Union/Russia used to use "Ula!" during the military parade. The slogan, whose function is similar to that of the military parade in China, is "Hello comrades! Hello, chief! Comrades have worked hard! Serve the people! " The military parade shouted.

"Wula" is not a Russian word, but is introduced by Russians from other cultures. There are many theories about its origin.

One saying comes from "Tatar". The Tatars mentioned by the ancients are not the Tatars in Russia today, but refer to many tribes of the Mongols. Europeans in the Middle Ages, including Russians, collectively referred to Mongols as Tatars.

In China's Biography of Foreign Countries in the Ming Dynasty, it is also said that "Tatar is Mongolia". The warriors of European countries in the Middle Ages were most afraid of their opponents in the war, namely the nomadic people on horseback: Tatars.

We can see this scene in many European novels describing the wars in the Middle Ages: the horrible "Oola" sound and the swishing lasso sound suddenly sounded in Yuan Ye, and everyone turned pale, knowing that the terrible Khan army was coming, and the invincible shepherd army was coming.

Extended information

Khan's army, shepherd's army and Tatar are all European names for Mongolian tribes. From the era of Genghis Khan, the marching slogan of the Mongolian army "Hurree" (pronounced "Wula") is also the source of Russian "Wula" in later generations. Professor Jack Weatherford, an American ethnohistorian, pointed out that the word "Wula" was originally a manifesto spread to many places in Europe and Asia by the Mongolian army in the 13th century.

Ancient Russians, oppressed by Mongols for hundreds of years, inherited the declaration of conquest: "Wula". Another view is that "Wula" was originally the marching slogan of the German army, which came from the word "hurra" in Highland German. The original form of "Hurra" is "Hurren", which means "fast marching". After the introduction of the Russians, it extended to victory.

Germany has long been the object of Russian military study in history, so it is very possible for Russia to introduce German military slogans.