Russia

[ ruhsh-uh ]

/ ˈrʌʃ ə /

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noun

Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Russian Federation.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Russia

anti-Russia, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH Russia

Russia , Soviet Union

Words nearby Russia

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How to use Russia in a sentence

In less than 10 years, Navalny has risen from blogging about corruption to being the face of Russia’s opposition movement.
Why Putin wants Alexei Navalny dead|Sam Ellis|February 26, 2021|Vox
They cannot raise money within Russia, so they’ve asked people who see the film to help them by donating.
Witness to the horrors in Chechnya|John Paul King|February 25, 2021|Washington Blade
Like Alexei Navalny in Russia and Maria Kolesnikova in Belarus, Kaftancioglu is key to the Turkish opposition’s appeal to younger Millennials and Generation Z, who are less bound than their parents to Turkey’s traditional identity politics.
The 'Badass Chief of Staff' of Turkey's Opposition Faces Years in Jail After Challenging Erdogan's Power. She's Not Backing Down|Joseph Hincks / Istanbul|February 24, 2021|Time
Even as the Saudis explore alternative partners, including Russia and China, for arms purchases and nuclear power capability, they have taken some steps in response to administration concerns, including the recent release of some dissident prisoners.
Release of intelligence report on Khashoggi killing could push already strained U.S.-Saudi relations to new lows|Karen DeYoung|February 18, 2021|Washington Post

He has so far managed to apply increasing pressure in the Kremlin, and I’m pretty sure he will continue to grow our movement, to attack Putin’s political structure, and present our vision of Russia’s future.
Alexei Navalny's Chief of Staff Predicts He Will Be Released 'Sooner Than Many Are Expecting'|Madeline Roache|February 12, 2021|Time
It is the only tourist center Ukraine has left on the Black Sea, since Russia annexed Crimea last spring.
Is Putin Turning to Terrorism in Ukraine?|Anna Nemtsova|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
At least 70 percent of the children were adopted from overseas, including Russia, China, Ethiopia and Ukraine.
Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking|Tina Traster|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sales are best in Asia, London, the Middle East, and Russia.
Handbags: The More You Pay, The Smaller They Shrink|Elizabeth Landers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Russia in which Yakunin died was one of the church triumphant.
Remembering the Russian Priest Who Fought the Orthodox Church|Cathy Young|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He is a representative of the Free Russia Foundation, an organization which aims to rebuild freedom and democracy in Russia.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015|Movements.Org|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The emperor Nicholas of Russia declared, by ukase, his purpose to assist Austria.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
It is here that the Communist regime in Russia has encountered its most fatal difficulty.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Free discussion—never a very free thing in Russia—has now on any general scale become quite impossible.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
But once Austria was disposed of, Prussia and Russia met their punishment for having given her secret or open aid.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The designs of Russia have long been proverbial; but the exercise of the new art of printing may assign them new features.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Russia

Russia

/ (ˈrʌʃə) /

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

Russian name: Rossiya

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Cultural definitions for Russia

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.

notes for Russia

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

notes for Russia

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

notes for Russia

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

notes for Russia

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