Russia
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- proper noun
- /ˈrʌʃə/
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Rusia imperial
- Catherine the Great is remembered as one of the most influential rulers in Russia's history.
- imperial Russia
- Czarist Russia
- old Russia
Under the Old Regime is probably the single best book about Russia so far ever written.
- Under the Old Regime is probably the single best book about Russia so far ever written.
- And again, pogroms in Russia had been a thing for a very long time.
Examples
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If Ukraine succeeds, Russia will face massive logistical problems.
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So over a year ago, it was February, Russia invaded Ukraine.
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And now, if a British attack were successful, Russia would take the great prize.
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That was the time when Russia was falling apart.
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Yet it is useful to remember that Russia is not the Soviet Union.
Academic text (2008) -
By the time of the revolution, the psychoanalytic community in Russia had established a significant presence.
Academic text (1990) -
A Europeanized Russia would have helped make Europe more competitive in the global economy.
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Like most people who spent the years 1918 to 1921 in Russia, he suffered hunger and fear.
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Born and raised in Czarist Russia, she identified strongly with the Communist Revolution.
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Ukraine has been part of Russia for centuries, and their histories were intertwined before then.
Academic text (2015)
Compounds
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A large country that was the main part of the former Soviet Union covering eastern Europe and northern Asia
- Archaic
A strong flexible leather made by treating animal skin with tree bark and scented with birch oil
Surface Forms
Etymology
Russia comes from the old name Rus', the people who ruled the eastern lands long ago; one popular idea says Rus' comes from a Norse word meaning 'rowers', like the English word row, because Viking rowers helped start those early states. So Russia became the name for the empire and its people.