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1. 1.Rus
2. 2.Russia
3. 3.Kievan Rus (a medieval principality in Eastern Europe centred around Kyiv; at its maximum extent covering much of modern Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia and considered an early predecessor of each country)
4. 4.An umbrella term for the territory of modern Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, inhabited by the East Slavic Christian Orthodox people. Used until the 20th century.
5. 5.name of a St. Petersburg daily newspaper published from 1903 to 1908
6. 6.name of a special forces unit (ОСНАЗ) of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (formed 1994)

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