Sovietize
verb (used with object)
to bring under the influence or domination of the Soviet Union.
Sovietization
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a word derived from
Sovietize.
sovietization
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a word derived from
sovietize.
Sovietizeverb (used with object)to bring under the influence or domination of the Soviet Union.
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“Younger generations of scholars especially view Sovietization as an inherently colonial experience on par with Europe’s colonization of Africa and Asia.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Her father, who as a teenager in Tallinn began to rebel against Sovietization, insisted on teaching Stasevska and her two younger brothers to speak Ukrainian at home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
The most eloquent evidence of East Germans' refusal to accept Sovietization is that 16,456 of them have risked their lives and fled to the West since the Wall went up.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the U.S.S.R. slowed down the Sovietization of their half of Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Caucasus, also, the social revolution had begun with the Sovietization of Azerbaidjan.
From The New World of Islam by Lothrop Stoddard
Carried through swiftly a process of complete sovietization in the areas they conquered.
From Time Magazine Archive
