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USSR

USSR

45 3.8
A former union of communist republics in eastern Europe and northern Asia
  • proper noun
  • /ˈjuːˌɛsˌɛsˈɑr/
translation icon : Unión Soviética
  • The highest award in Russia was People’s Artist of the USSR.
  • United States and USSR
  • relations with the USSR
  • former USSR

And that this poison was developed by the USSR, stolen by us.

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Examples

  • The two powers, USA and USSR, are tearing the world apart to expand their influence.

    Another Day of Life (2018)

  • But most people have no idea how the USSR got a nuclear bomb.

  • So I was born in Russia, in the USSR and moved to America when I was little.

  • Everyone who now has business relations with the USSR is well aware of this situation.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Great changes in the economic structure of the USSR would not occur.

    Academic text (1991)

  • In this episode, we'll see how this war started and how the USSR lost it and was forced to retreat.

  • As a result, the United States and the USSR have repudiated their agreement.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The USSR is not unaware of the seriousness of this situation.

    Meteor (1979)

  • In both the United States and the USSR, the struggle for Soviet Jewry began with memories of the Holocaust.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I learned about the history of the USSR in my world history class at school.

Synonyms

Soviet Union
vsUSSR
∞ 3.8

A former country of several republics in eastern Europe and northern Asia, including Russia, that existed from 1922 to 1991

is the official full name focusing on the union rather than members
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
vsUSSR
5.3

A former large country in eastern Europe and northern Asia with a communist government

is the shorter, widely used abbreviated form of the same name

Surface Forms

USSR main

Etymology

USSR is a short name for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The part Soviet comes from a Russian word meaning 'council', a group that makes decisions. With Union and Socialist, the name means countries 'joined' and run in a socialist way, which is why USSR refers to the group of communist countries that existed from 1922 to 1991.