Proper noun

(en proper noun)

The Russian territory around and ruled from Moscow by grand princes until it became the nucleus of a united Russia, which its dynasty ruled first as czars (kings) from Moscow, later as emperors from Saint Petersburg

Proper noun

(en proper noun)

The capital city of Russia.

(by extension) The government of Russia or the Soviet Union.

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, year=2009 , author=Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Star , title=The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in Georgia , chapter= citation , isbn=978-0-7656-2507-6 , page=184 , passage=In addition, Moscow' argued that Georgia had violated international law by introducing its forces into South Ossetia, a move ' Moscow said Tbilisi had committed itself not to do under the earlier CIS-sponsored peacekeeping arrangements.}}

A city in Idaho, USA

A town name in Iowa, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Indiana, Pensylvania, etc. in the USA