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.

synonyms: Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR.

Dutch: Unie van Socialistische Sovjetrepublieken, SU, Sovjet-Unie, Sovjetunie, Sowjet-Unie, USSR
Polish: Związek Sowiecki, Sowiety, Związek Radziecki, Związek Socjalistycznych Republik Radzieckich, ZSRR

Formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia.

synonyms: Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia.

Dutch: Rusland

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.

A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state.

synonym: Russian Federation.

Dutch: Russische Federatie