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Russia
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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
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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
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(= Soviet Russia)
formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
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a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
division
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Divisions are the parts of something after division.
There are four divisions (or sections) in a classical pas de deux.
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A division is a large military unit (group of soldiers)
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A division is a section of a large company.
This division of GenericTech specializes in the manufacturing of routers.
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When scientists are grouping kinds of animals, a division is a kind of group (Latin divisio) below kingdom and above class.
Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.
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A division is a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
There is a division in the Senate between politicians who support abortions and politicians who do not.
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A division is a piece of music (melody), played with musical instruments, in the 17th and 18th centuries based on another piece.
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A division is a set of pipes in a pipe organ.
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A division is a concept where a common group of debtors (people who owe money) are only responsible for part of the total debt.