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Russia
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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
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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
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noun
(= Soviet Russia)
formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
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noun
a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
today
Pronoun
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Today is the current day, the day that is happening now, the day between yesterday and tomorrow.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
I have class today.
Today's meeting should be short.
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Today is modern times; the present in general.
Today we don't have many of the old problems but we have many new ones.
TV
Abbreviation
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TV is an abbreviation for television.