СССР

See also: CCCP

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• (non-standard but common) IPA^(key): [ˈɛs.ɛs.ɛr]

Proper noun

СССР • (SSSR) m

1. (historical) USSR (a former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and 14 other countries; the Soviet Union; in full, Сојуз на Советските Социјалистички Републики (Sojuz na Sovetskite Socijalistički Republiki))

   Synonym: Советски Сојуз m (Sovetski Sojuz)

Russian

Флаг СССР

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛs ɛs ɛs ˈɛr] (phonetic respelling: эс-эс-эс-э́р)
• (non-standard but common) IPA^(key): [ɛs ɛs ˈɛr] (phonetic respelling: эс-эс-э́р)

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Proper noun

СССР • (SSSR) m inan (indeclinable)

1. (historical) USSR (a former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and 14 other countries; the Soviet Union; in full, Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик (Sojúz Sovétskix Socialistíčeskix Respúblik))

   Чем моло́же бло́гер, тем ху́же ему́ жи́лось в СССР.

   Čem molóže blóger, tem xúže jemú žílosʹ v SSSR.

   The younger the blogger, the worse his life was in the USSR.

Usage notes

• As it is hard to pronounce, many Russians abbreviated the word to "ССР" [ɛs ɛs ˈɛr], officially also expanded into Сою́з ССР (Sojúz SSR) or more often into Сою́з (Sojúz).

Descendants

• → Ingrian: SSSR

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

СССР ? (Latin spelling SSSR)

1. (historical) USSR (a former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and 14 other countries; the Soviet Union; in full, Савез Совјетских Социјалистичких Република)

Tajik

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian СССР (SSSR).

Proper noun

СССР • (SSSR)

1. (historical) USSR (a former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and 14 other countries; the Soviet Union; in full, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

   Synonyms: ИҶШС (IJŠS), Иттиҳоди Ҷумҳуриҳои Шӯравии Сотсиалистӣ (Ittihod-i Jumhuriho-yi Šüravi-yi Sotsialisti)