Definition of Russia in English:
Russia
A country in northern Asia and eastern Europe; population 143,500,000 (estimated 2015); official language, Russian; capital, Moscow.
俄罗斯（地跨北亚和东欧的国家，2009年估计人口140, 041, 200，官方语言俄语，首都莫斯科；官方名称 R USSIAN F EDERATION）Official name Russian Federation
The modern state originated from the expansion of the principality of Muscovy into a great empire. Russia played an increasing role in Europe from the time of Peter the Great in the early 18th century. Following the overthrow of the tsar in the Russian Revolution of 1917, Russia became the largest of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union, with more than three quarters of the area and over half of the population. On the break-up of the Soviet Union and the collapse of Communist control in 1991, Russia emerged as an independent state and a founder member of the Commonwealth of Independent States
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Definition of Russia in US English:
Russia
A country in northern Asia and eastern Europe; population 143,500,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Moscow; language, Russian (official).
俄罗斯（地跨北亚和东欧的国家，2009年估计人口140, 041, 200，官方语言俄语，首都莫斯科；官方名称 R USSIAN F EDERATION）Official name Russian Federation
The modern state originated from the expansion of the principality of Muscovy into a great empire. Russia played an increasing role in Europe from the time of Peter the Great in the early 18th century. Following the overthrow of the tsar in the Russian Revolution of 1917, Russia became the largest of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union, with more than three quarters of the area and over half of the population. On the breakup of the Soviet Union and the collapse of communist control in 1991, Russia emerged as an independent state and a founding member of the Commonwealth of Independent States