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Definition of 'Russia'Proper noun
( en-proper noun)
A country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The Country extends from the Gulf of Finland to the Pacific Ocean, and was part of the USSR from 1922 to 1991. Co-official name - Russian Federation,'' formerly the ''Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic'' (RSFSR), Capital and largest city ''Moscow
(historical|informal) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a very common name, although more formally Russia, the RSFSR, was one of several constituent republics of the USSR).
(historical) The Russian Empire.
(historical|dated) Rus, the medieval East Slavic state.
(dated|countable) Any of several East Slavic states descended from the Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia or Kievan Russia).
*1842 , George Eliot, "Letter to Cara Bray", Selections from George Eliot's letters , page 24:
- Or rather if I be attaining a better autocratship than that of the Emperor of all the Russias – the empire over self.
Derived terms
* Black Russia
* Great Russia
* Kievan Russia
* Little Russia
* Mother Russia
* New Russia
* Russia calf
* Russia iron
* Russia leather
* Russia linen
* Russia mat
* Russia matting
* Russian
* White Russia
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