“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