Definition of Russia

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.


2. Noun. Formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia.

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.

Definition of Russia

1. n. A country of Europe and Asia.

Definition of Russia

1. 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'' ¹

2. Proper noun. (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). ¹

3. Proper noun. (historical) The Russian Empire. ¹

4. Proper noun. (historical dated) Rus, the medieval East Slavic state. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Russia

1. Russian leather [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Russia

Russel
Russel Crouse
Russell
Russell's Periodontal Index
Russell's body
Russell's paradox
Russell's sign
Russell's syndrome
Russell's teapot
Russell's viper venom
Russell's viper venom clotting time
Russell bodies
Russell effect
Russell traction
Russenorsk
Russia (current term)
Russia leather
Russian
Russian-Canadian
Russian-speaking
Russian Blue
Russian Empire
Russian Federation
Russian Orthodox
Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Revolution
Russian River
Russian SFSR
Russian Sign Language
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic

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