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russia [n]
 
1)a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia an others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
    Synonyms :soviet_union union_of_soviet_socialist_republics ussr 
    See Also: country  eurasia  february_revolution  october_revolution  russian  pirogi  kvass  kolkhoz  soviet_socialist_republic  caspian  steppe  czar  isaac_stern  balagan 
 
2)formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
    Synonyms :russian_soviet_federated_socialist_republic soviet_russia 
    See Also: soviet_socialist_republic  eurasia  borodino  komi  cheremis  inger  mordva  veps  mansi  russian 
 
3)a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in 17-18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917
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    See Also: empire  eurasia  muscovy  aleksandr_pavlovich  alexander_ii  alexander_iii  czar_nicholas_i 
 
4)a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
    Synonyms :russian_federation 
    See Also: country  eurasia  cis  foreign_intelligence_service  karelia  capital_of_the_russian_federation  astrakhan  cherepovets  chechen_republic  grozny  kaluga  khabarovsk  kursk  siberia  european_russia  asian_russia  gorki  kazan  leningrad  murmansk  nalchik  novgorod  molotov  saratov  smolensk  ufa  stalingrad  novosibirsk  chelyabinsk  omsk  vladivostok  nova_zembla  kola_peninsula  amur  dnieper  don  ilmen  ladoga  lake_onega  neva  tien_shan  ural_mountains  volga  volkhov 
 



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