Russia

n.

1.

A country of Europe and Asia. Russia iron a kind of sheet iron made in Russia, having a lustrous blue-black surface. Russia leather a soft kind of leather, made originally in Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It is much used in bookbinding, on account of its not being subject to mold, and being proof against insects. Russia matting matting manufactured in Russia from the inner bark of the linden (Tilia Europæa).

Noun	1.	Russia - 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
	2.	Russia - formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia Synonyms: Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia
	3.	Russia - 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
	4.	Russia - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state Synonyms: Russian Federation

Borodino, Cheremis, Cheremiss, Eurasia, Inger, Ingerman, Ingrian, Komi, Mansi, Mari, Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian, Russian, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia, Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR, Veps, Vepse, Vepsian, Vogul

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