Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
English
Etymology
Calque of Russian Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик (Sojúz Sovétskix Socialistíčeskix Respúblik)
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- (historical) A confederation of nominally independent socialist republics led by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1922 to 1991.