'Russia' definitions:
Definition of 'Russia'
(from WordNet)
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 [syn: Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR]
noun
Formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia [syn: Soviet Russia, Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic]
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 [syn: Russia, Russian Federation]
Definition of 'Russia'
From: GCIDE
- Russia \Rus"sia\, n. A country of Europe and Asia. [1913 Webster]
- Russia iron, a kind of sheet iron made in Russia, having a lustrous blue-black surface.
- Russia leather, a soft kind of leather, made originally in Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It is much used in bookbinding, on account of its not being subject to mold, and being proof against insects.
- Russia matting, matting manufactured in Russia from the inner bark of the linden (Tilia Europaea). [1913 Webster]
Russia, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Russia, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000) :
551
Housing Units (2000) :
206
Land area (2000) :
0.645213 sq. miles (1.671095 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.645213 sq. miles (1.671095 sq. km)
FIPS code :
69344
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
40.234696 N, 84.410416 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
45363
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.