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noun • a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991 • formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia • a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917 • a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state | ||||||||
| 38% | 8 | Withdrawing or withdrawing | ||||||
noun • Restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains) • The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing. • The strap or part of the harness so used. | ||||||||
| 24% | 9 | The action of a state withdrawing from the United States during the Civil War | ||||||
noun • the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War • an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s • formal separation from an alliance or federation | ||||||||
State Traditionally Powerful One Withdrawing Quietly Crossword Clue
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RUSSIA which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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RUSSIA
Updated: October 14, 2023
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