Russia

n 1: 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 [syn: {Soviet

Union}, {Russia}, {Union of Soviet Socialist Republics},

{USSR}]

2: formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR

occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia [syn: {Soviet

Russia}, {Russia}, {Russian Soviet Federated Socialist

Republic}]

3: 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

[syn: {Russia}]

4: a federation in eastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly

Soviet Russia; since 1992 an independent state [syn: {Russia}]