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Definition of Russian capital
1. Noun. A city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation.
Terms within: Kremlin
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Russia, Russian Federation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Russian Capital
Literary usage of Russian capital
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"... the only good one in Persia, was built with Russian capital, and Russian goods
that are brought over it now undersell British goods in central Persia as ..."
2. Travels in Greece and Russia by Bayard Taylor (1859)
"CHAPTER XXXVI, VARIETIES OF THE Russian capital« BEFORE leaving Russia, let me
add a few detached sketches to the general picture which I have endeavored to ..."
3. Travels in Greece and Russia, with an Excursion to Crete by Bayard Taylor (1859)
"VARIETIES OF THE Russian capital. BEFORE leaving Russia, let me add a few detached
sketches to the general picture which I have endeavored to give the ..."