a native or inhabitant of Russia
the Slavonic language of Russia, also widely spoken in E Europe and central Asia
Russian adj
Of the Russian words which have passed into English, most of the best-known fall into four groups: politics and sociology (agitprop, Bolshevik, commissar, glasnost, intelligentsia, perestroika, pogrom); aeronautics (cosmonaut, sputnik); fauna and natural features of Russia (mammoth, steppe, tundra); and domestic items (balalaika, kaftan, samovar, vodka)