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Russia — • Geography and history Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Russia     Russia     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Russia — (русск. Россия)  термин, имеющий несколько значений: Russia (фильм)  фильм Киры Муратовой Russia goodbye  песня Верки Сердючки Наша Russia  российский комедийный телесериал Руша (англ. Russia)  деревня в штате Огайо …   Википедия

Russia — die Bezeichnung für einen Asteroiden, siehe: (232) Russia ein Ort im Bundesstaat New York, Siehe Russia (New York) ein Ort in Ohio, siehe Russia (Ohio) der englische Name für Russland das 1867 in Dienst gestellte Dampfschiff Russia (1867) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

russia — Russia, ae f Русь …   Латинско-русский словарь

Russia — noun Россия …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …   Universalium

Russia — This article is about the current country. For other uses, see Russia (disambiguation). Russian Federation Российская Федерация Rossiyskaya Federatsiya …   Wikipedia

Russia —    In tsarist times, Russia often tried to use the Kurds to stir up trouble in the Ottoman Empire. Indeed, the Ottomans created the Hamidiye cavalry of Kurdish irregulars in the 1890s in part as a response to such Russian pressures. Despite their …   Historical Dictionary of the Kurds

RUSSIA —    Russian sf can trace its ancestry back to the 18th century, most of the earliest examples being UTOPIAS. Prince Mikhail Shcherbatov s Puteshestvie v zemlyu Ofirskuyu ( Journey to the Land of Ophir ) (written c1785; 1896) embodies the political …   Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia