Person in a hurry read out scene of War and Peace (6)
I believe the answer is:
russia
'peace' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for russia that I've seen before include "East European country" , "Land of the tsars" , "in E" , "US air's bad in this country" , "Land of the tzars" .)