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What does Russia mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Russia? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The Country extends from the Gulf of Finland to the Pacific Ocean, and was part of the USSR from 1922 to 1991. Co-official name - Russian Federation, formerly the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), Capital and largest city Moscow
  2. (historical, informal) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a very common name, although more formally Russia, the RSFSR, was one of several constituent republics of the USSR).
  3. (historical) The Russian Empire.
  4. (historical, dated) Rus, the medieval East Slavic state.
  5. (dated, countable) Any of several East Slavic states descended from the Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia or Kievan Russia).
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In 2006, Russia imposed an embargo on Georgian agricultural products, including wine.
Oh, and beyond the psychological impacts, Russia is likely to face significant costs as a result of the Crimea annexation.
It was necessary to make habitable remote regions of Russia where it was regarded as too costly to provide waged labour.
Vlad Burlutskiy is a civic and political activist from Russia who fled the country last year due to increasing threats.
He is a representative of the Free Russia Foundation, an organization which aims to rebuild freedom and democracy in Russia.
According to Angus Roxburgh, a former BBC reporter who worked on the Ketchum Russia account between 2006 and 2009, not much.

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