USSR
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Example Sentences
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For days, Soviet authorities hid the catastrophe from the world -- a disaster that further weakened the already crumbling USSR, which collapsed in 1991.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
More than 800 calls came in from the whole of the USSR, and 15 of them made it to broadcast.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
When he returned, he was confused to see the group toasting the fraternal comradeship of the Third Reich and the USSR.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
The year is 1946 and the setting is a stretch of Finland recently absorbed into the USSR.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
All over the USSR, women who could fly were now assigned to train new pilots—many of them young men who’d be flying off to combat missions.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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