Russia
英 ['rʌʃə]美['rʌʃə]
- n. 俄罗斯
英英释意
- 1. 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
- 2. formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
- 3. 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 19
- 4. a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state