The political-cultural concept espoused by some in Russia is sometimes called the "Greater Russia" and is described as a political aspiration of pan-Russian nationalists and irredentists to retake the territories of the other republics of the former Soviet Union, territory of the former Russian Empire, the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, and amalgamate them into a single Russian state.
The political-cultural concept espoused by some in Russia is sometimes called "Greater Russia" and is described as a political aspiration of pan-Russian nationalists and irredentists to reclaim the territories of other former Soviet republics, territory of the former Russian Empire, the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, and merge them into a single Russian state.