Prussia vs Russia - What's the difference?
prussia | russia |
(chiefly, historical) A geographical area on the Baltic coast of northeastern Europe.
(historical) A Baltic country located in this area, conquered by the and ultimately absorbed into Germany.
(historical) A German province which was originally located in this area but later greatly expanded, and which was the predecessor to and a member of the ; abolished as an administrative unit at the end of the Second World War.
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:
In historical terms the difference between prussia and russia
is that prussia is a German province which was originally located in this area but later greatly expanded, and which was the predecessor to and a member of the German Empire; abolished as an administrative unit at the end of the Second World War while russia is the Russian Empire.As proper nouns the difference between prussia and russia
is that prussia is a geographical area on the Baltic coast of northeastern Europe while Russia is 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 Moscowprussia
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(wikipedia Prussia)Proper noun
(en proper noun)Usage notes
In the Baltic languages the 'u' is long; it was also long in , but it has become short in modern English.russia
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(wikipedia Russia)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Or rather if I be attaining a better autocratship than that of the Emperor of all the Russias – the empire over self.
