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Poland vs Russia - What's the difference?

poland | russia |

As proper nouns the difference between poland and russia

is that poland is poland while russia is russia.

poland

English

(wikipedia Poland)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A country in Eastern or Central Europe (varies with sources). Official name: Republic of Poland.
  • See also

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    russia

    English

    (wikipedia Russia)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The Country extends from the Gulf of Finland to the Pacific Ocean, and was part of the USSR from 1922 to 1991. Co-official name - Russian Federation,'' formerly the ''Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic'' (RSFSR), Capital and largest city ''Moscow
  • (historical, informal) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a very common name, although more formally Russia, the RSFSR, was one of several constituent republics of the USSR).
  • (historical) The Russian Empire.
  • (historical, dated) Rus, the medieval East Slavic state.
  • (dated, countable) Any of several East Slavic states descended from the Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia or Kievan Russia).
  • *1842 , George Eliot, "Letter to Cara Bray", Selections from George Eliot's letters , page 24:
  • Or rather if I be attaining a better autocratship than that of the Emperor of all the Russias – the empire over self.

    Derived terms

    * Black Russia * Great Russia * Kievan Russia * Little Russia * Mother Russia * New Russia * Russia calf * Russia iron * Russia leather * Russia linen * Russia mat * Russia matting * Russian * White Russia

    See also

    * * * Former Soviet Union * Former USSR * Soviet Union (historical) * USSR (historical) * English words suffixed with -ia ----