Taking on the Soviets, like every other metal band in the late 1980s and early 1990s - with "Mother Russia", Iron Maiden were focusing on "the tragedy of a great land, which has an incredible history of being overrun and people being massacred, for centuries, and this song says: wouldn't it be great if Russia could finally get itself together now and live in peace?".
—Peter-Patrick76 (peter-patrick@mail.com)