russia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    Soviet Union; USSR; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
  2. noun formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
    Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic; Soviet Russia.
  3. noun 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
  4. noun a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
    Russian Federation.

WordNet

Rus"sia noun
Definitions
  1. A country of Europe and Asia.

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