народ-богоносец

Etymology
From народ + богоносец. Originally from Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel Demons: "Единый народ «богоносец» — это русский народ..." ("Only one nation is 'god-bearing,' that's the Russian people...") Notice the difference between the styling used by Dostoyevsky—народ «богоносец»—and the modern preferred spelling народ-богоносец.

Noun

 * 1)  God-bearing people — the Russian nation, seen as the embodiment of spirituality and the Christian faith, carrying out the sacred task of defending all that is good and holy.
 * 2)  God-bearing people — the Russian nation, perceived as the embodiment of any negative quality that the speaker is ascribing to the Russian people.
 * 1)  God-bearing people — the Russian nation, perceived as the embodiment of any negative quality that the speaker is ascribing to the Russian people.

Usage notes

 * This term has become politically loaded since the start of the and should be used with caution, especially on the Internet, where irony and sarcasm aren't easily detected, but can be readily imagined.