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n. large country located in Europe and Asia

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Noun
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
(synonym) Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR
(hypernym) country, state, land
(part-holonym) Eurasia
(part-meronym) Soviet Socialist Republic
(class) Russian Revolution, February Revolution
2. formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
(synonym) Soviet Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
(hypernym) Soviet Socialist Republic
(part-holonym) Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR
(member-meronym) Komi
(class) Borodino
3. a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in 17-18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917
(hypernym) empire
(part-holonym) Eurasia
(part-meronym) Muscovy
(class) Alexander I, Czar Alexander I, Aleksandr Pavlovich
4. a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
(synonym) Russian Federation
(hypernym) country, state, land
(hyponym) European Russia
(member-holonym) Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS
(part-holonym) Eurasia
(part-meronym) Karelia
(class) Foreign Intelligence Service, Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki, SVR

nf. Russia, large country located in Europe and Asia

n. Russia, large country located in Europe and Asia