Babushka Explained

Babushka or baboushka or babooshka (from Russian: ба́бушка|p=ˈbabʊʂkə|link=no, meaning "grandmother" or "elderly woman") may refer to:

Arts and media

• "Babooshka" (song), a 1980 song by Kate Bush
• Babushka (game show), a British game show presented by Rylan Clark-Neal
• Babushka (about 1935), a painting by Gladys Goldstein

People

• 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

• 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

See also

• • Babuška (disambiguation)