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Soviets

British  
/ ˈsɒv-, ˈsəʊvɪəts /

noun

  1. the people or government of the former Soviet Union

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She'll be following in the footsteps of Britons Helen Sharman, who visited the Soviet's Mir Space Station in 1991, and Tim Peake who launched to the ISS in 2015.

From BBC • May 14, 2025

The submarine also was diesel-powered and generations behind the Soviet’s nuclear-powered subs.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2024

A few weeks earlier, the Supreme Soviet’s speaker, Ruslan Khasbulatov, had called a session to vote on Yeltsin’s impeachment.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2023

For Senator Spark Matsunaga, a Democrat of Hawaii who died in 1990, it was a missed opportunity — as significant as Soviet’s Sputnik satellite beating the United States into space.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2021

They complained that they had been arrested when they attempted to carry out the Petrograd Soviet's programme and to transfer the estate holder's land into the hands of the peasant committees.

From From October to Brest-Litovsk by Trotzky, Leon Davidovich

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