He had transformed Russia, she said, from a backward land into a great nation.

He transformed Russia from an isolated kingdom into a transcontinental superpower.

While there's no guarantee, aid could transform Russia into America's ally and save untold billions in defense spending.

Adventurers all, they transformed Russia and its unforgiving landscape into the ultimate neo-Palladian paradise.

The party also plans to transform Russia into a Soviet republic.

In his view, Stalin, who was anything but meek, had the potential to transform Russia into a Great Nation.

These victories transformed Russia into a multiethnic and multiconfessional state, which it continues to be today.

Aid from abroad cannot transform Russia, but it can encourage Russians to transform themselves.

Moreover, peasant resistance appeared to be the only social force that could conceivably transform Russia.

They wanted to transform Russia into a market they would dominate.