Soviets

/ ˈsɒv-, ˈsəʊvɪəts /

noun

1. the people or government of the former Soviet Union

Example Sentences

When the Soviets followed with their own invasion, it led to half a century under Moscow’s heel.

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Mr Banayee says he was waiting for a call to fight soldiers loyal to Ahmad Shah Massoud, a former mujahideen commander who had fought the Soviets and was now resisting the Taliban in northern Afghanistan.

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The Soviets took control of the North and the US, the South, where they set up a military administration until 1948.

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In this reading, Putin may well be satisfied to get what the Soviets achieved in Finland during the Cold War: a compliant state that did not threaten Moscow, but remained independent in other ways.

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The decision to install a USSR-backed government in Kabul turned the Soviets into an international pariah, and they eventually withdrew from Afghanistan in February 1989.

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