Russia

Russia
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. Russian Federation, Rossiya (Russian), Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., Great Russia, Little Russia, White Russia, Muscovy, Rus, Ruthenia, Siberia, the Soviets, Reds*, Russian Bear*; for divisions of Russia, see Europe .

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