noun
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 (Freq. 5)
• Syn: ↑Russia, ↑Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, ↑USSR
• Members of this Region:
↑Russian Revolution, ↑February Revolution, ↑October Revolution, ↑Russian, ↑razbliuto, ↑pirogi, ↑piroshki, ↑pirozhki, ↑kvass, ↑kolkhoz, ↑steppe, ↑tovarich, ↑tovarisch, ↑Stern, ↑Isaac Stern, ↑balagan, ↑svoboda
• Part Holonyms: ↑Eurasia
• Part Meronyms: ↑Soviet Socialist Republic, ↑Soviet Russia, ↑Russia, ↑Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, ↑Caspian, ↑Caspian Sea
Useful english dictionary. 2012.