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/ɹˈʌʃə/
/ˈɹəʃə/Russia
[NOUN]1
a country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
2
formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
3
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
a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
synonyms : Russian Federation
Examples
1. Turkey treads a tightrope in its approach to Russia.
2. Russia, he said, had reached the point of no return on the road to reform and had to go forward.
3. As Asmus shows, even the German government remained in two minds as to the benefits of no longer being on the frontline and the drawbacks of alienating Russia.
4. So tune in on Tuesdays as our correspondent, Versha, explores all things Russia!
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