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 | a politically organized body of people under a single government |
formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia | the people who live in a nation or country |
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 | the territory occupied by a nation |
a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state | an area outside of cities and towns |
| a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) |