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russia
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[ noun ] (government,geography) 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
Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)So the Kirov will fly back to Russia , minus a Chicago engagement , a serious loss for dance fans - and for the frustrated bookers , cancellation of one of the richest bookings in the country . Splendid , too , is the performance of Yuri_Tolubeyev , one of Russia 's leading comedians , as Sancho_Panza , the fat , grotesque `` squire '' . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Russia knows this , and that is why there were over 800000 competing for places as candidates for the Olympic gymnastic team . Russia 's young gymnasts have studied dance before having the rigorous training on apparatus . |
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[ noun ] (government,geography) formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)He was brigadier of the club 's locker-room light infantry , and at one time or another declared war on Russia , Czechoslovakia , Yugoslavia , and China . |
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[ noun ] (geography) a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia; powerful in 17-18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great; overthrown by revolution in 1917
Used in print (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)Each failed catastrophically in an invasion of Russia and each brought ruin on the country that worshipped him . Related terms empire Eurasia Muscovy aleksandr_pavlovich alexander_ii alexander_iii nicholas_i |
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[ noun ] (government,geography) a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
Synonyms Related terms country asian_russia european_russia Commonwealth_of_Independent_States Eurasia Moscow Siberia Vladivostok Urals Perm Saratov Ufa St._Petersburg Karelia smolensk Tien_Shan ilmen Amur Don Volga grozny astrakhan cherepovets kaluga kursk Novosibirsk Volgograd gorki murmansk Chelyabinsk nalchik nova_zembla kola_peninsula dnieper novgorod ladoga lake_onega neva Omsk volkhov chechen_republic khabarovsk Kazan Gorki foreign_intelligence_service |
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