RUSSIA as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) Russia is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • empire (what does empire mean?)
2. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • Soviet Union (what does Soviet Union mean?)
   • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (what does Union of Soviet Socialist Republics mean?)
   • USSR (what does USSR mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Russia is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • country (what does country mean?)
   • state (what does state mean?)
   • land (what does land mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia
   • formerly Soviet Russia
   • since 1991 an independent state
   Synonym(s)
   • Russian Federation (what does Russian Federation mean?)
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   • country (what does country mean?)
   • state (what does state mean?)
   • land (what does land mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • European Russia (what does European Russia mean?)
   • Asian Russia (what does Asian Russia mean?)
4. Meaning
   • formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
   Synonym(s)
   • Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (what does Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic mean?)
   • Soviet Russia (what does Soviet Russia mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Russia is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • Soviet Socialist Republic (what does Soviet Socialist Republic mean?)