Russia vs Soviet Socialist Republic

Russia and Soviet Socialist Republic both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Russia	Yes	No	No	No
Soviet Socialist Republic	Yes	No	No	No

Russia (noun)	Soviet Socialist Republic (noun)
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	one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991)
formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
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
a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state