USSR

ˌjuːˌɛsˌɛsˈɑːr

Definition

Definition of USSR - Reverso English Dictionary

Acronym

acr: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Dated

former country in Eastern Europe and Asia

Dated

The USSR dissolved in 1991.
The USSR was a major world power.
Many countries were part of the USSR.

Soviet Union

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Origin of USSR

English U (Union) + SSR (Soviet Socialist Republics)

Terms with USSR included in their meaning

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Bolshevism

soviet movement

communist doctrine promoting class struggle and shared ownership, tied to early USSR

the rape of Poland

history

the 1939 invasion and division of Poland by Germany and USSR

missile gap

geopolitics

perceived Cold War missile superiority of USSR over USA

Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic

historical entity

largest Soviet Republic in the USSR until 1991

Soviet Russia

RSFSR

the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic within the USSR

Soviet Socialist Republic

politics

state in the USSR from 1922 to 1991

sovietize

cold war politics

impose USSR-style control, rules or values on a state

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

diplomacy

agreements resulting from US-USSR negotiations to limit nuclear arms

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French:URSS, ...
German:UdSSR, ...
Italian:URSS, ...
Spanish:URSS, ...
Portuguese:URSS, ...
Chinese:苏联, ...
Japanese:ソ連, ...
Arabic:الاتِّحاد السُّوفيِتي, ...
Hebrew:ברה״מ, ...
Russian:СССР, ...
Ukrainian:СРСР, ...
Hindi:सोवियत संघ, ...
Bengali:ইউএসএসআর, ...
Catalan:URSS, ...
Czech:SSSR, ...
Danish:USSR, ...
Dutch:USSR, ...
Greek:ΕΣΣΔ, ...
Hungarian:SZU, ...
Khmer:អតីតសហភាពសាធារណរដ្ឋសង្គមនិយមសូវៀត, ...
Korean:소련, ...
Persian:اتحاد جماهیر شوروی, ...
Polish:ZSRR, ...
Portuguese (BR):URSS, ...
Romanian:URSS, ...
Swedish:Sovjetunionen, ...
Thai:สหภาพโซเวียต, ...
Turkish:SSCB, ...
Vietnamese:Liên Xô, ...

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