russia
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1. a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917 (noun.location)
instance hypernym | : | empire, imperium, |
definition | : | the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | muscovy, |
definition | : | a Russian principality in the 13th to 16th centuries; Moscow was the capital (noun.location) |
part meronym | : | eurasia, |
definition | : | the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia (noun.object) |
domain member region | : | czar, tsar, tzar, |
definition | : | a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917) (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | czar nicholas i, nicholas i, |
definition | : | czar of Russia from 1825 to 1855 who led Russia into the Crimean War (1796-1855) (noun.person) |
2. a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991 (noun.location)
instance hypernym | : | country, land, state, |
definition | : | the territory occupied by a nation (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | soviet socialist republic, |
definition | : | one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991) (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | caspian, caspian sea, |
definition | : | a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world (noun.object) |
part meronym | : | eurasia, |
definition | : | the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia (noun.object) |
domain member region | : | february revolution, russian revolution, |
definition | : | the revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917 (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | october revolution, russian revolution, |
definition | : | the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922 (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | russian, |
definition | : | the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia (noun.communication) |
domain member region | : | razbliuto, |
definition | : | the sentimental feeling you have about someone you once loved but no longer do (noun.feeling) |
domain member region | : | pirogi, piroshki, pirozhki, |
definition | : | small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried (noun.food) |
domain member region | : | kvass, |
definition | : | fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley (noun.food) |
domain member region | : | kolkhoz, |
definition | : | a collective farm owned by the communist state (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | steppe, |
definition | : | extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) (noun.object) |
domain member region | : | tovarich, tovarisch, |
definition | : | a comrade (especially in Russian communism) (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | isaac stern, stern, |
definition | : | United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | balagan, |
definition | : | a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian) (noun.state) |
domain member region | : | svoboda, |
definition | : | (Russia) freedom (noun.state) |
3. a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state (noun.location)
instance hypernym | : | country, land, state, |
definition | : | the territory occupied by a nation (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | asian russia, |
definition | : | the Russia that is part of Asia (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | karelia, |
definition | : | a region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | astrakhan, |
definition | : | a city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | cherepovets, |
definition | : | a city of east central Russia to the north of Moscow (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | chechen republic, chechenia, chechnya, |
definition | : | an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | grozny, groznyy, |
definition | : | the capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | kaluga, |
definition | : | a city of central Russia to the south of Moscow (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | khabarovsk, |
definition | : | an administrative territory in Russia on the eastern coast of Siberia (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | kursk, |
definition | : | a city of southwestern Russia (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | siberia, |
definition | : | a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | european russia, |
definition | : | the part of Russia that is part of Europe (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | kazan, |
definition | : | an industrial city in the European part of Russia (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | murmansk, |
definition | : | a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | nalchik, |
definition | : | a city in southwestern Russia in a valley of the Caucasus Mountains; an industrial center and health resort (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | novgorod, |
definition | : | a city in northwestern Russia on the Volkhov River; Russia's oldest city and an important trading center in the Middle Ages (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | molotov, perm, |
definition | : | a city in the European part of Russia (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | saratov, |
definition | : | an industrial city in the European part of Russia (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | smolensk, |
definition | : | a city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | ufa, |
definition | : | a city in the European part of Russia (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | stalingrad, tsaritsyn, volgograd, |
definition | : | a city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43 (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | novosibirsk, |
definition | : | a city in the Asian part of Russia on the Ob river; largest city in Siberia (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | chelyabinsk, |
definition | : | a city in the Asian part of Russia (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | omsk, |
definition | : | a city in the Asian part of Russia (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | vladivostok, |
definition | : | a seaport in the Asian part of Russia (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | nova zembla, novaya zemlya, |
definition | : | two islands in the Arctic Ocean belonging to Russia; site of a test center for nuclear warheads (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | kola peninsula, |
definition | : | a peninsula in northwestern Russia projecting eastward between the Barents Sea and the White Sea (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | dnieper, dnieper river, |
definition | : | a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | don, don river, |
definition | : | a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | ilmen, lake ilmen, |
definition | : | a lake in northwestern Russia; drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | ladoga, lake ladoga, |
definition | : | a lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | lake onega, onega, |
definition | : | lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | neva, neva river, |
definition | : | a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | tien shan, tyan shan, |
definition | : | a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | ural mountains, urals, |
definition | : | a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | vetluga, vetluga river, |
definition | : | a river in central Russia; flows generally southward into the Volga (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | volga, volga river, |
definition | : | a Russian river; the longest river in Europe; flows into the Caspian Sea (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | volkhov, volkhov river, |
definition | : | a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally north into Lake Ladoga (noun.object) |
part meronym | : | eurasia, |
definition | : | the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia (noun.object) |
member meronym | : | cis, commonwealth of independent states, |
definition | : | an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | foreign intelligence service, sluzhba vneshney razvedki, svr, |
definition | : | Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information; collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and organized crime (noun.group) |
4. formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia (noun.location)
instance hypernym | : | soviet socialist republic, |
definition | : | one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991) (noun.location) |
part meronym | : | russia, soviet union, union of soviet socialist republics, ussr, |
definition | : | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991 (noun.location) |
part meronym | : | eurasia, |
definition | : | the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia (noun.object) |
member holonym | : | komi, |
definition | : | a member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia (noun.person) |
member holonym | : | cheremis, cheremiss, mari, |
definition | : | a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia (noun.person) |
member holonym | : | inger, ingerman, ingrian, |
definition | : | a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built (noun.person) |
member holonym | : | mordva, mordvin, mordvinian, |
definition | : | a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia (noun.person) |
member holonym | : | veps, vepse, vepsian, |
definition | : | a member of a Finnish people of Russia (noun.person) |
member holonym | : | mansi, vogul, |
definition | : | a member of a nomadic people of the northern Urals (noun.person) |
member holonym | : | russian, |
definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Russia (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | borodino, |
definition | : | Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but irreparably weakened his army (noun.act) |
5. a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917 (noun.location)
derivation | : | russian, russian, |
definition | : | of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | russian, russian, |
definition | : | of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language (adj.pert) |
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