Great Russia is Muscovy White or Little Russia is that part acquired in 1654 by Alexei Mikalowitch, including Smolensk The emperor is called the Czar of All the Russias (See Black Russia )
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
formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
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 1917