Soviets
- noun
- /ˈsoʊviɛts/
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soviéticos
- The Soviets controlled Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
I, I believe the Soviets were realist to the core.
- I, I believe the Soviets were realist to the core.
- And now there's a fear that the Soviets get to the moon first.
- But what it did do is it caused the Soviets to scratch their heads.
- You know, when when John Kennedy was killed, the Soviets came to us within minutes.
- He didn't arrive in in Afghanistan until after the Soviets had departed.
- That's how they knew the Soviets had the bomb.
- So the so Kriegersville, you know, sort of helped the Soviets staunch the German invasion.
- So way back in the Cold War, we find out that the Soviets have lost the sub in the Pacific Ocean.
- But you know, why did the Soviets, why did the Soviet Union collapse it?
- That was the Soviets mandate and they showed their hand right away.
Examples
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DARPA came out of Sputnik when the Soviets surprised the United States.
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That's how they knew the Soviets had the bomb.
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the US says no, but the Soviets stop testing on their own.
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We knew that the Soviets were, you know, heavily doing this.
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But the biggest challenge the Soviets face now is Poland.
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You know, when when John Kennedy was killed, the Soviets came to us within minutes.
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That was the Soviets mandate and they showed their hand right away.
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But what it did do is it caused the Soviets to scratch their heads.
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So when the Soviets invaded, all of the kids went out of school and the Soviets were brutal in Afghanistan.
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Many people opposed the policies of the Soviets in the 1980s.
Synonyms
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3.8
A former country of several republics in eastern Europe and northern Asia, including Russia, that existed from 1922 to 1991
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5.3
A walled set of important buildings in Moscow that also means the Russian government
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3.8
A former union of communist republics in eastern Europe and northern Asia
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An elected council that runs local government in a communist country
A former large country in eastern Europe and northern Asia with a communist government
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Etymology
Soviets comes from the Russian word sovet, which means 'council', a group that gives advice and makes decisions. So Soviets refers to those councils and, by extension, the government or authorities of the Soviet Union.