Samoyed vs Russian

Samoyed and Russian both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Samoyed	Yes	No	No	No
Russian	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, Russian is a hypernym of Samoyed; that is, Russian is a word with a broader meaning than Samoyed:

Samoyed (noun)	Russian (noun)
Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family	the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia
the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia	a native or inhabitant of Russia
a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia

Samoyed (adjective)	Russian (adjective)
	of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language