Russia is an English word with synonyms like country or state. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Russia in a sentence
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Russia meaning
- A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991.
- 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).
- The Russian Empire; the tsarist empire in Russia lasting from 1721 to 1917.
Synonyms of Russia
Using Russia
- The main meaning on this page is: A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991. | 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). | The Russian Empire; the tsarist empire in Russia lasting from 1721 to 1917.
- Useful related words include: country, state, land, imperium.
- In the example corpus, russia often appears in combinations such as: to russia, in russia, of russia.
Context around Russia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Russia
- In this selection, "russia" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, covers, channel, surprisingly, must, although and due stand out and add context to how "russia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include russia russia russia, 1979 with russia s invasion, russia invasion and moscow russia. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "russia" sits close to words such as certain, drive and quality, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with russia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Number 6. Russia, Russia, Russia. (5 words)
And where’s the FBI with its repeated warnings about Russia, Russia, Russia? (13 words)
The Russia, Russia, Russia charge was false and it was time to move on. (14 words)
Rather he meant that they wanted to weaken Russia to such a degree that it could not challenge US imperialism in the future in the event that it pushed further into Russia’s sphere of influence, and even potentially into Russia itself. (42 words)
In the interview scheduled to air on state TV channel Russia 1 following Friday’s one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he said his declaration stemmed from the need to “ensure security, strategic stability” for Russia. (41 words)
A man in Russia has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for attempting to set fire to an enlistment office and for links to the Freedom of Russia Legion, Russia's Southern District Military Court said on July 30. (39 words)
And where’s the FBI with its repeated warnings about Russia, Russia, Russia? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
And as to the business continuity in Russia, as for Russia, although we have been sharing idea in the past, of course, there has been some economic sanctions that has been imposed on Russia.
Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia program studies the same countries minus the Baltic States and Moldova, and Leiden University’s Russia and Eurasia studies covers Russia and its former colonies.
In the interview scheduled to air on state TV channel Russia 1 following Friday’s one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he said his declaration stemmed from the need to “ensure security, strategic stability” for Russia.
Most of the increase in export went to Russia as Belarus redirected export to Russia due to sanctions and thanks to an uptick in economic activity in Russia.
Not surprisingly, Russia ended up invading Ukraine, which has given Russia another “Vietnam,” just like what happened back in 1979 with Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan.
A man in Russia has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for attempting to set fire to an enlistment office and for links to the Freedom of Russia Legion, Russia's Southern District Military Court said on July 30.
And where’s the FBI with its repeated warnings about Russia, Russia, Russia?
But, not only are long-range strikes into Russia attacking Russia and not simply defending Ukraine, but such an escalation can no longer possibly be framed by Russia as indirect help to Ukraine.
His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, was not interested in protecting him any longer," Trump said.
Medvedev said Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, which Zelenskyy described as a successful operation slowing Russia’s advance, already gave Russia formal grounds to use its nuclear arsenal.
Rather he meant that they wanted to weaken Russia to such a degree that it could not challenge US imperialism in the future in the event that it pushed further into Russia’s sphere of influence, and even potentially into Russia itself.
He claimed that were it not for the "negative phony stuff" on "Russia, Russia, Russia," he would be polling substantially higher.
He set up a network of campaign offices across Russia and has since been putting forward opposition candidates in regional elections, increasingly putting pressure on members of Russia’s ruling party, United Russia.
Instead, after failing to bring down Trump with Russia, Russia, Russia and impeachment, they’re now putting their chips on the narrative that he’s bungling the public health crisis.
Number 6. Russia, Russia, Russia.
While I do not want to downplay Putin’s damage to Russia’s infant democracy or Russia’s threat to the U.S., it is beyond any doubt that communist China poses a much bigger threat than Russia.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) and Meng Wanzhou, Executive Board Director of the Chinese technology giant Huawei, attend a session of the VTB Capital Investment Forum “Russia Calling!” in Moscow, Russia October 2, 2014.
The Russia, Russia, Russia charge was false and it was time to move on.
U.N. court rules Russia must free detained Ukraine ships, sailorsA U.N. maritime tribunal ruled Saturday that Russia must immediately release three Ukraine Navy vessels captured by Russia in November and also free the 24 sailors it detained.
The narcotics trade in Afghanistan is a highly salient political issue in Russia, as the diffusion of heroin and opium from Afghanistan to Russia contributed greatly to the sustained rise in drug-related fatalities in Russia since 1991.
Phrases with russia
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with russia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to russia 36×
- in russia 31×
- of russia 30×
- russia and 29×
- with russia 25×
- russia russia 24×
- russia has 15×
- that russia 14×
- russia in 13×
- by russia 10×