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Russia

DEFINITIONS OF: Russia

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n a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state

Synonyms:
Russian Federation
Examples:
Asian Russia
the Russia that is part of Asia
Example of:
country, land, state
the territory occupied by a nation

n formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia

Synonyms:
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia
Example of:
Soviet Socialist Republic
one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991)

n a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991

Synonyms:
Soviet Union, USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Example of:
country, land, state
the territory occupied by a nation

n a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917

Example of:
empire, imperium
the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
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