Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Russia \Rus"sia\, n.
   A country of Europe and Asia.

   {Russia iron}, a kind of sheet iron made in Russia, having a
      lustrous blue-black surface.

   {Russia leather}, a soft kind of leather, made originally in
      Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from
      being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It
      is much used in bookbinding, on account of its not being
      subject to mold, and being proof against insects.

   {Russia matting}, matting manufactured in Russia from the
      inner bark of the linden ({Tilia Europ[ae]a}).

Source : WordNet®

Russia
     n 1: 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 [syn: {Soviet
          Union}, {Union of Soviet Socialist Republics}, {USSR}]
     2: formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR
        occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia [syn: {Soviet
        Russia}, {Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic}]
     3: 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
     4: a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia;
        formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
        [syn: {Russian Federation}]