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 | agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life |
formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia | a politically organized body of people under a single government |
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 people who live in a nation or country |
a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state | territory over which rule or control is exercised |
| the territory occupied by a nation |
| the solid part of the earth's surface |
| material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) |
| extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use |
| the land on which real estate is located |
| a domain in which something is dominant |