Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A former country of northern Eurasia with coastlines on the Baltic and Black Seas and the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. Established by the union (1922) of the Russian SFSR (proclaimed after the Russian Revolution of 1917) and various other soviet republics in the former Russian Empire, the USSR quickly became a totalitarian state under Communist rule. After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, the competing geopolitical ambitions of the USSR and its former Western allies led to the Cold War. In 1991, most of the constituent republics declared their independence, and the USSR was officially dissolved. Moscow was the capital.
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- proper noun A confederation of
Communist states led byRussia from 1922 to 1991.
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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
Etymologies
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Like Golovko, Grushavoy had come to manhood in a nation called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and had been educated to be a believer in Marxism-Leninism, but he'd gradually come to see that, although the path to political power had required worshiping at that godless altar, the god there had been a false one.
The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000
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Canadian prosecutors said those documents were "useful to a foreign power, namely the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed STEVEN CHASE 2012
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Throughout late August and September, the constituent republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics broke loose and declared independence.
Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011
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Throughout late August and September, the constituent republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics broke loose and declared independence.
Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011
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The wording of the agreement was simplicity itself, only 171 words, including: 1. All the restrictions imposed since March 1, 1948, by the government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on communication, transportation and trade between Berlin and the Western zones of Germany and between the Eastern Zone and the Western zones will be removed on May 12, 1949 . . .
Daring Young Men RICHARD REEVES 2010
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One who is the most powerful person on earth — at least that peculiar portion of earth, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, formerly the Russian Empire — with his armies of spies, eavesdroppers, bootlicks from whose million-eyed gaze nothing escapes deadly scrutiny.
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I seem to recall that the USSR was an abbreviation for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and that every nation within that Union was named the Soviet Socialist Republic of Lithuania, or Latvia, or Estonia, etc.
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Two weeks later Poland was attacked not by Russia but by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics which includes Ukraine SSR and Belorus SSR.athEIstQuote
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And, how appropriate that the show trials already seem like something that could easily fit into the mindset of old Union of Soviet Socialist Republics!
Archive 2009-03-01 Dr. Sanity 2009
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 761 F.2d 30, 373 7th Cir.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Senator Cornyn’s “Daily Question” for Judge Sotomayor: 2009
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