Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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noun
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It was not his intention to liquidate the Soviet empire, but within five years of coming to power he had presided over the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2022
In 1991, eleven of the 12 former Soviet republics proclaimed the birth of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the death of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2020
As noted above, revolution in Russia led to the collapse of the Tsarist state and, after a bloody civil war, the emergence of the world’s first communist nation: the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Moderna Galerija in Ljubljana, Slovenia, began to assemble a collection of works by artists from the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and its satellites.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2015
Gold knew only the basics: Communists had taken over Russia in a recent revolution and renamed the country the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Soviet Union.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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