Synonyms: Russia
Definition: 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
Similar words: empire, imperium
Definition: the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
Synonyms: Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Definition: 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
Similar words: country, state, land
Definition: the territory occupied by a nation
Usage: he returned to the land of his birth; he visited several European countries
Synonyms: Russia, Russian Federation
Definition: a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
Similar words: country, state, land
Definition: the territory occupied by a nation
Usage: he returned to the land of his birth; he visited several European countries
Synonyms: Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia
Definition: formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
Similar words: Soviet Socialist Republic
Definition: one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991)