Russian Roulette - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: russian rouletteRussian roulette
An act of bravado played by loading one bullet into one chamber of a revolver in which the cylinder has five or six positions spinning the cylinder thus moving the bullet randomly to one of the six positions of the cylinder pointing the gun to ones head and pulling the trigger If the bullet is in firing position the player is usually killed Such a game may be played on a dare or in some places as part of a gamble...
Roulette
Roulette. See GAMING...
Russian Church
The established church of the Russian empire up to the revolution of 1917 at which time the ruling Communist party tried to suppress all religious worship The czar was the nominal head of the church but he never claimed the right of deciding questions of theology and dogma It still forms a portion by far the largest of the Orthodox Eastern Church and is governed by the Patriarch and the Holy Synod In 1988 the church with official approval celebrated the 1000 year anniversary of the baptism of Russia After breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 the Russian Church began to regain some its old influence in Russian life and the government turned over some of the confiscated churches back to church control The Russian Church was recognized anew as the official church of Russia with special priveleges by an act of the Russian Duma in 1997 The Metropolitan of Moscow as Patriarch of the church is regarded as the first among equals in order of deference among bishops of the church...
Russianize
To make Russian or more or less like the Russians as to Russianize the Poles...
blini
Russian pancakes of buckwheat flour and yeast sometimes made from white flour they are usually served folded over with caviar and sour cream on the inside properly it is a plural word from the Russian plural of blin but in America often used as singular thus the common plural blinis...
borscht
a Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation and often served with sour cream Also as used in the US a sour cabbage soup called in Russian shchi...
borsh
a Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation and often served with sour cream Also as used in the US a sour cabbage soup called in Russian shchi...
borshch
a Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation and often served with sour cream Also as used in the US a sour cabbage soup called in Russian shchi...
borsht
a Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation and often served with sour cream Also as used in the US a sour cabbage soup called in Russian shchi...
bortsch
a Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation and often served with sour cream Also as used in the US a sour cabbage soup called in Russian shchi...
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