English > Soviet Russia: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia. |
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| Synonyms | Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic |
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| Instance of | Soviet Socialist Republic | One of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991) |
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| Members | Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari | A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia |
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| Ingrian, Inger, Ingerman | A member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built |
| Komi | A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia |
| Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian | A member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia |
| Russian | A native or inhabitant of Russia |
| Veps, Vepse, Vepsian | A member of a Finnish people of Russia |
| Vogul, Mansi | A member of a nomadic people of the northern Urals |
| Part of | Eurasia | The land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia |
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| Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR | A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia |
| Region of | Borodino | Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but irreparably weakened / weakened his army |
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| Spanish | Rusia, Rusia soviética |
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| Catalan | Rússia |
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