Soviets

/ ˈsɒv-, ˈsəʊvɪəts /

noun

1. the people or government of the former Soviet Union

Example Sentences

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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For more than a year, thousands of classified documents flowed from the TRW complex to the Soviets, with Boyce sometimes smuggling them out in potted plants.

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They feared a bloody conflict with Arab countries that might draw in the US, risking Cold War escalation with the Soviets.

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