DICTOMETER

RUSSLAND (Norwegian for "russia")

(Russia, Rusia)

1. Synonyms:
   • Soviet Union
   • Russia
   • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
   • USSR
   Definitions:
   • a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia
   • established in 1922
   • included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others)
   • officially dissolved 31 December 1991
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Soviet Russia
   • Russia
   • Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
   Definitions:
   • formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Russia
   Definitions:
   • a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital
   • powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital
   • overthrown by revolution in 1917
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Russia
   • Russian Federation
   Definitions:
   • a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia
   • formerly Soviet Russia
   • since 1991 an independent state