Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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- proper noun Initialism of
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . - proper noun Initialism of
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic .
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- noun a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
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Examples
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Everything he reads about a country like the USSR is automatically translated into English terms, and he quite innocently accepts the lies of totalitarian propaganda.
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The experience of the USSR, is that you cannot ultimately shut off the message – it gets through even if suppressed.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: “President Lula is a nerd” 2009
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And States could re-ordain themselves in various leagues together and regional working groups, and so on -- like the way the 'balkanized' USSR is going on.
Hours of my life, wasted by The New York Times (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Sure the USSR is gone now, but the defense contractors have greased too many wheels to kill this system now. dbeach Says:
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I suggest Obama treat the disappearance of the GOP as a responsible party much the same way Truman treated the absence of the USSR from the UN Security Council at the beginning of the Korean War.
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The EU's resemblance to the old USSR is becoming closer by the day, who will fight for our freedoms?
Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008
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I was born in USSR and now I live in "democratic" Russia.
Why You Should Take an Interest in Steven Soderbergh's Che « FirstShowing.net 2008
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A stamp on the back declares that it was made in USSR-occupied Germany.
GUIDOLON and AGOH stint! frankwu 2007
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The USSR is sort of the extreme example of this model.
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Oh, puh-leese, Mr. Pinko, the USSR is dead, McCarthy was right, and your side lost.
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