Russia
['rʌʃə]
Definition
(noun.) 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.) a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state.
Typist: Shirley--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A country of Europe and Asia.
Typed by Agatha
Examples
- All Russia now is a huge experiment in that dictatorship (August, 1920). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From the window of Worcester's barrack-room I used to amuse myself reviewing our troops, but not after the fashion of Catharine of Russia. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- So they might hope to strike down France at one blow, and deal at their leisure with Russia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Men find themselves a part of Merry England or Holy Russia; they grow up into these devotions; they accept them as a part of their nature. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The photograph shows the hanging car of the Russia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Forty-Niners took revolvers to California, foreign governments sent orders for them, and armories were built in England and in Russia for their manufacture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Russia and Mexico followed these in yield. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Russia, Holland, and Britain followed in the wake of America. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At the same time his aggressions in south Germany forced Austria and Russia steadily into a coalition with Britain against him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From the close of 1915 onwards Russia was a source of deepening anxiety to her Western allies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We anchored here at Yalta, Russia, two or three days ago. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Great cast bronze guns of about the same weight as the Hindoo guns were also produced at St. Petersburg, Russia, in the sixteenth century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The Orloff diamond, belonging to the Emperor of Russia, weighs 195 carats; the Pitt diamond, among the French crown jewels, 136-1/2. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was in a city of Russia, a university--I will not name the place. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The swimming-bladders or sounds, besides being highly nutritious, supply, if rightly prepared, isinglass equal to the best of that which is brought from Russia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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