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(noun) a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia; powerful in 17-18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great; overthrown by revolution in 1917 |
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Related Words: empire |
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(noun) a federation in eastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1992 an independent state |
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Related Words: country, land, nation, state |
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(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 an others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991 |
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Synonyms: Soviet Union, USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
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Related Words: country, land, nation, state |
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(noun) formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia |
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Synonyms: Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia |
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Related Words: Soviet Socialist Republic |
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