RUSSIA Definition & Meaning

Russia

[ ruhsh-uh ]

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noun

Official_name Russian Federation. a republic since 1991, the largest country in the world by area, extending from eastern Europe to northern and western Asia. 6,593,000 square miles (17,076,000 square kilometers). : Moscow.
Soviet Union.
Russian Empire ( def ).

Russia

/ ˈ��ʌʃə /

noun

the largest country in the world, covering N Eurasia and bordering on the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas: originating from the principality of Muscovy in the 17th century, it expanded to become the Russian Empire; the Tsar was overthrown in 1917 and the Communist Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was created; this merged with neighbouring Soviet Republics in 1922 to form the Soviet Union; on the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 the Russian Federation was established as an independent state. Official language: Russian. Religion: nonreligious and Russian orthodox Christian. Currency: rouble. Capital: Moscow. Pop: 142 500 482 (2013 est). Area: 17 074 984 sq km (6 592 658 sq miles)
another name for the Russian Empire
another name for the former Soviet Union
another name for the former Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Russia

A vast nation that stretches from eastern Europe across the Eurasian land mass. It was the most powerful republic of the former Soviet Union ; ethnic Russians composed about half of the population. It is the world's largest country. Its capital and largest city is Moscow .

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Notes

Russia now occupies the seat on the Security Council of the United Nations formerly held by the Soviet Union.

Peter the Great , a czar who reigned in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, attempted to westernize Russian government and culture .

Russia was ruled by czars of the Romanov family from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries.

During the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks , under Lenin , took control of the government; communists governed from 1917 until 1991.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Russia¹

First recorded in 1730–40; from Medieval Latin ��ܲ��ī (nominative plural masculine) “Russians” + -ia noun suffix; Russ ¹( def ), -ia

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In an interview with the BBC, he accused Trump of handing Russia most of its demands, though he acknowledged it was still early in the process and things could yet change.

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Agoa has long been viewed as an important tool of US soft power, especially in countering the growing influence of China and Russia in Africa.

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Zelensky wrote on social media that at least five buildings had been damaged in Friday's strike: "There is only one reason why this continues: Russia doesn't want a ceasefire, and we see it."

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When Trump returned to the White House in January, his direction of travel was clear: he set out to repair relations with Russia.

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One country that did not feature on Donald Trump's list of tariffs on US trade partners was Russia.

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