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russia leather
a fine, smooth leather produced by careful tanning and dyeing, especially in dark red: originally prepared in Russia. -
byelorussia
Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk. -
droshky
A low four-wheeled open carriage of a kind formerly used in Russia. -
dual alliance
the alliance between France and Russia (1890), strengthened by a military convention (1892–93) and lasting until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. -
romanov
a member of the imperial dynasty of Russia that ruled from 1613 to 1917. -
triple entente
an informal understanding among Great Britain, France, and Russia based on a Franco-Russian military alliance (1894), an Anglo-French entente (1904), and an Anglo-Russian entente (1907). It was considered a counterbalance to the Triple Alliance but was terminated when the Bolsheviks came into control in Russia in 1917.