Soviet Union
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- proper noun
- /ˈsoʊviət ˈjuːnɪən/
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Unión Soviética
- The formal breakup of the Soviet Union took place on 26 December 1991.
- collapse of the Soviet Union
- the former Soviet Union
- World War II and the Soviet Union
And then he flew over the Soviet Union taking photographs.
- And then he flew over the Soviet Union taking photographs.
- And then when when the Soviet Union fell, that all went away.
- I was an immigrant born in the former Soviet Union, kind of cliche story.
- the United States of America didn't want the Soviet Union to collapse and disintegrate.
- While all of this is going on, both America and the Soviet Union enter periods of mourning.
- So I was born in the Soviet Union.
- So these were the reasons why the Soviet Union eventually just creaked and fell apart.
- He kept hope alive in the Soviet Union for major political reforms.
- I also remember from childhood the surprise collapse of the Soviet Union.
- It wouldn't be the Soviet Union which was a failure.
- So I was born almost like pre Soviet Union collapse.
- In the like in the Soviet Union, there's no, there's no ADHD.
- And in particular, communism is embodied by the Soviet Union, is the enemy.
- Like I didn't realize just how evil the Soviet Union was have until I read this book.
- It was its its, its president was flirting with the Soviet Union and China and us.
Examples
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I was an immigrant born in the former Soviet Union, kind of cliche story.
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- Ukraine split from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Now, being from the Soviet Union, I love a good show trial.
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When you were in the Soviet Union, did you think of yourself?
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But the Soviet Union was about to enter the war.
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Two years, after the wall fell, the Soviet Union was no more.
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The collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Hey, there's an article about the Soviet Union right here in the paper.
Fiction book (1999) -
Cuba imports nearly all of its petroleum from the Soviet Union at below world market prices.
Academic text (1990) -
I was born in Tashkent in the Soviet Union.
Synonyms
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A former union of communist republics in eastern Europe and northern Asia
A former large country in eastern Europe and northern Asia with a communist government
Surface Forms
Morphology
The headword is partly compositional: 'union' denotes a political grouping and 'Soviet' signals the Soviet/council/communist association, so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a political union related to Soviets. However, as a specific historical proper name with details (time period, member republics, ideological context) that are not recoverable from the parts alone, full understanding requires prior exposure or background knowledge.
Etymology
Soviet Union comes from the Russian idea behind Soviet, which means 'council', and Union, which means 'a group joined together'. That's why the name meant a country made of many states ruled by councils and was used for that nation from 1922 to 1991.