Noun
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a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia
formerly Soviet Russia
since 1991 an independent state
- russian federation -
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
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formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
- soviet russia - russian soviet federated socialist republic -
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
- soviet union - union of soviet socialist republics - ussr