English > Soviet Union: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991. |
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| Synonyms | Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR |
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| Instance of | country, state, land | The territory occupied by a nation |
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| Part of | Eurasia | The land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia |
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| Parts | Caspian, Caspian Sea | A large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River |
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| Soviet Russia, Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic | formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia |
| Soviet Socialist Republic | One of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991) |
| Region of | Russian | The Slavic language that is the official language of Russia |
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| Russian Revolution, February Revolution | The revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication / abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917 |
| Russian Revolution, October Revolution | The coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922 |
| Stern, Isaac Stern | United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) |
| balagan | A word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian) |
| kolkhoz | A collective farm owned by the communist state |
| kvass | fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley |
| pirogi, piroshki, pirozhki | small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried |
| razbliuto | The sentimental feeling you have about someone you once loved but no longer do |
| steppe | extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) |
| svoboda | (Russia) freedom |
| tovarich, tovarisch | A comrade (especially in Russian communism) |
| Spanish | Rusia, Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas, Unión Soviética, URSS |
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| Catalan | Rússia, Unió Soviètica, URSS |
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| Adjectives | Soviet | of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people |
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