Russian

Russian refers to anything related to Russia, including:

• Russians (русские, russkiye), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
• Russian language (русский язык, russkiy yazyk), the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
• Russian-speaking person (русскоговорящий, русскоязычный, russkogovoryashchy, russkoyazychny), or Russophone

Russian may also refer to:

• Russian (comics), fictional Marvel Comics supervillain from The Punisher series
• "Russians" (song), from the album The Dream of the Blue Turtles, by Sting
• "Russian", from the album Tubular Bells 2003, by Mike Oldfield
• Russkies, 1987 film directed by Rick Rosenthal

Noun

Singular Russian

Plural Russians

Russian (plural Russians)

1. The Russian language.
2. A person from Russia.
3. An ethnic Russian.

Russian (comparative more Russian, superlative most Russian)

Positive Russian

Comparative more Russian

Superlative most Russian

1. Of or pertaining to Russia.
2. (dated) Of or pertaining to Rus.

Russia is a transcontinental country extending over much of northern Eurasia. It is a semi-presidential republic comprising 83 federal subjects. Russia shares land borders with the following countries (counterclockwise from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (via Kaliningrad Oblast), Poland (via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It also borders the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Caspian Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Black Sea. Russia is close to the United States (Alaska) and Japan.