Soviet Russia

[ soh-vee-it ruhsh-uh ]

noun

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

Origin of Soviet Russia

First recorded in 1920–25

Words Nearby Soviet Russia

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How to use Soviet Russia in a sentence

Soviet Russia annexed Ukraine in 1922, after a war that had commenced in 1917, when the Bolsheviks took Moscow.
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The darkness and dissonance of these tightly constructed tales reflect something of the political turbulence of Soviet Russia.
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Instead, his point was that panic about Stalin was misplaced because Soviet Russia could be contained.
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To millions of people, Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia once offered compelling visions of modernity; Taliban Afghanistan never did.
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And that is how eventually we were able to escape from Soviet Russia.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

It sounds ridiculous, but that is how in Soviet Russia they dream of apartments rather than of people.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
She—they were both somewhat dissatisfied with life in Soviet Russia.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
And possibly they were just alarmed of meeting somebody who just came from Soviet Russia.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
They were younger and they were brought up in Soviet Russia.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for Soviet Russia

Soviet Russia

noun

(formerly) another name for Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union

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