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Noun russia has 4 senses

Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR - 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
--₁ is a kind of country, state, land
--₁ is a part of Eurasia
--₁ has parts:
Soviet Socialist Republic; Soviet Russia, Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic; Caspian, Caspian Sea
Soviet Russia, Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic - formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
--₂ is a kind of Soviet Socialist Republic
--₂ is a part of
Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR; Eurasia
--₂ has members:
Komi; Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari; Ingrian, Inger, Ingerman; Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian; Veps, Vepse, Vepsian; Vogul, Mansi; Russian
Russia - a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in 17-18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917
--₃ is a kind of empire
--₃ is a part of Eurasia
--₃ has part: Muscovy

Russia, Russian Federation - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
--₄ is a kind of country, state, land
--₄ is a part of Eurasia
--₄ is a member of Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS
--₄ has parts: --₄ has particulars: European Russia; Asian Russia