Russia

English Dictionary -> Letter R -> Russia

Search Dictionary:

Russia Definition

• (n) 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
• (n) formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
• (n) 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
• (n) a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state

Russia Synonyms

• Russia
• Russian Federation
• Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
• Soviet Russia
• Soviet Union
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USSR