U.S.S.R.

or USSR

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Definition for ussr (2 of 2)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

noun

a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow. Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR

Also called Russia, Soviet Union.

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Examples from the Web for ussr

Yet while he praised the USSR publicly, he was making plans in secret to escape to America by way of Vladivostok.
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The USSR had ceased to exist, and its aid to Najibullah was coming to an end.
The Warlord Who Defines Afghanistan: An Excerpt From Bruce Riedel’s ’What We Won’|Bruce Riedel|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Almost nothing has been touched since the fall of the USSR in 1991, providing an uncanny glimpse behind the Iron Curtain.
Secret KGB Torture House Opens Its Doors in Riga|Brandon Presser|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only people who are 40-plus years old with a USSR education support us, but where are the youth?
The Kremlin’s Crazy Shock Troops|Oleg Shynkarenko|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This and other policies made many in the west believe that Ukraine must free itself from the USSR at all costs.
Ukraine’s Fighting Words|Igor Kossov|May 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for ussr (1 of 2)

USSR

abbreviation for (formerly)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

British Dictionary definitions for ussr (2 of 2)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

noun

the official name of the former Soviet Union

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Cultural definitions for ussr (1 of 2)

USSR

Abbreviation for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the official name of the former Soviet Union.

Cultural definitions for ussr (2 of 2)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Official name of the former Soviet Union.