Soviet Russia

[ soh-vee-it ruhsh-uh ]

noun

1. Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 1922–91.
2. Informal. (loosely) the Soviet Union.

Soviet Russia

noun

1. formerly another name for Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Union

Word History and Origins

Origin of Soviet Russia¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Soviet Russia annexed Ukraine in 1922, after a war that had commenced in 1917, when the Bolsheviks took Moscow.

From The Daily Beast

The darkness and dissonance of these tightly constructed tales reflect something of the political turbulence of Soviet Russia.

From The Daily Beast

Instead, his point was that panic about Stalin was misplaced because Soviet Russia could be contained.

From The Daily Beast

To millions of people, Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia once offered compelling visions of modernity; Taliban Afghanistan never did.

From The Daily Beast

And that is how eventually we were able to escape from Soviet Russia.

From Project Gutenberg

It sounds ridiculous, but that is how in Soviet Russia they dream of apartments rather than of people.

From Project Gutenberg

She—they were both somewhat dissatisfied with life in Soviet Russia.

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And possibly they were just alarmed of meeting somebody who just came from Soviet Russia.

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They were younger and they were brought up in Soviet Russia.

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