Babushka
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Babushka or baboushka or babooshka (from Russian: ба́бушка, IPA: [ˈbabʊʂkə], meaning "grandmother" or "elderly woman") may refer to:
Arts and media
[edit]- "Babooshka" (song), a 1980 song by Kate Bush
- "Babushska" is an instrumental by the Dance Hall Crashers from their debut album of the same name (1990). The song's title is a portmanteau of the words "babushka" and "ska," the latter being the one of DHC's music genres.
- Babushka (game show), a British game show presented by Rylan Clark-Neal
- Babushka (about 1935), a painting by Gladys Goldstein
People
[edit]- Babushka Lady, an unknown woman who might have photographed the events of the President John F. Kennedy assassination
- Catherine Breshkovsky nicknamed Babushka (1844–1934), Russian revolutionary
Other uses
[edit]- Babushka (headscarf), indicating a headscarf tied below the chin, as commonly worn in rural parts of Europe
- Babushka doll, a type of wooden dolls placed one inside another
- Babushka Adoption Foundation, a charitable non-governmental organization based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan