Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… … Universalium
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Croatian art of the 20th century — Ivan Meštrović, The fountain of life, 1905, bronze in front of Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. Croatian art of the 20th century, that is visual arts within the boundaries of today s Croatia, can be divided into modern art up to the Second… … Wikipedia
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