Why this word is great
RUSSOPHILE — [Noun] A person who loves the country, culture, or people of Russia. From Russo- (prefix denoting Russia) + -phile (suffix meaning "lover of"), it is the linguistic marriage of geography and devotion. Unlike "Russophobe" (which recoils) or "Slavophile" (which broadens its affection to all Slavic peoples), the Russophile fixates with singular ardor. It is the collector of matryoshka dolls, the student who masters the rolling cadence of Pushkin’s verse, the traveler who finds solace in the vast, snow-muffled silence of the Siberian taiga—a love as much for the idea as the reality, for what Russia is and what it might yet be.