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Soviet Union
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English
top|thumb|Flag of the Soviet Union.
Etymology
en Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Attested since October 1919 in U.S. newspapers.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsɒviət ˈjuːniən/ /ˈsəʊvɪət ˈjuːniən/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Soviet Union.wav Southern England
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en /ˈsoʊviət ˈjuːnjən/ US
en en-us-Soviet Union.ogg Mid-Atlantic US
Proper noun
Soviet union 1
en Q15180en historical en A <<former>> transcontinental <<country>> in <<cont/Europe,Asia>> (1922–1991), now split into Russia and fourteen other countries Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
en USSR CCCP SSSR SU Russia loosely
en w:National Geographic 1989 May 175 5 The Baltic: Arena of Power Priit J. Vesilind 604 In the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, three of the Soviet Union's fifteen constituent republics, last year's most dangerous fantasies have been sanctioned by the government itself. From Moscow has come the admission that yes, after all, the Soviet Union occupied these nations by force in 1940, against the will of the people.
en 2005 2010 The Impossible Settlement w:Tony Judt Vintage Books London 9781446418024 Postwar: A history of Europe since 1945 Hence the famous February 9th 1946 speech at the Bolshoi Theatre, where Stalin announced that the Soviet Union was returning to its pre-war emphasis on industrialization, war-preparedness, and the inevitability of conflict between capitalism and Communism, and made explicit what was already obvious, that henceforth the Soviet Union would cooperate with the West only when it suited her.
en Q2184 en informal historical synecdoche The en Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
Derived terms
en Soviet Jewnion Soviet Reunion former Soviet Union
Descendants
bn সোভিয়েত ইউনিয়ন śobhiet iuniôn 1
Translations
Q15180 USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR
Abkhaz: ab Советтә Аидгыла
Afrikaans: af Sowjetunie, af Sowjet-Unie
Albanian: sq Bashkimi Sovjetik m
Amharic: am ሶቪዬት ሕብረት
Arabic: ar الْاِتِّحَادُ السُّوفْيَاتِيّ m, ar الْاِتِّحَادُ السُّوفْيَتِيّ
Moroccan Arabic: ary لإتحاد السوڤياتي m
Aragonese: an Unión Sovietica f
Armenian: hy Սովետական Միություն, hy Խորհրդային Միություն
Asturian: ast Xunión Soviética f
Azerbaijani: az Sovet İttifaqı, az Sovetlər Birliyi
Cyrillic: az Совет Иттифагы, az Советләр Бирлији
Bashkir: ba Советтар Союзы
Basque: eu Sobietar Batasuna
Belarusian: be Саве́цкі Саю́з m, be Саве́цкі Звяз m, be Саве́цкі Зьвяз m, be Ра́давы Звяз m rare, be Ра́давы Зьвяз m rare
Bengali: bn সোভিয়েত ইউনিয়ন śobhiet iuniôn
Bulgarian: bg Съве́тски съю́з m
Burmese: my ဆိုဗီယက်ယူနီယန်
Catalan: ca Unió Soviètica f
Chechen: ce Советски Союз
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 蘇聯, yue 蘇維埃聯盟
Dungan: dng Совет лянбон
Hokkien: nan-hbl 蘇聯 So͘-liân, nan-hbl 蘇維埃聯盟 So͘-ûi-ia liân-bêng
Mandarin: cmn 蘇聯 Sūlián, cmn 蘇維埃聯盟 Sūwéi'āi Liánméng
Chuvash: cv Совет Союзӗ
Circassian:
East Circassian: kbd Совет Зэгуэтхэр
West Circassian: ady Совет Зэгуэтхэр
Corsican: co Unione Suvietica f
Czech: cs Sovětský svaz m
Danish: da Sovjetunionen c
Dhivehi: dv ސޯވިއެޓް އިއްތިހާދު
Dutch: nl Sovjet-Unie f, nl Radenbond m dated
Esperanto: eo Sovetunio
Estonian: et Nõukogude Liit, et NSV Liit
Faroese: fo Sovjetsamveldið n, fo Sovjet n
Finnish: fi Neuvostoliitto
French: fr Union soviétique f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Sovjet-Uny c
Galician: gl Unión Soviética f
Georgian: ka საბჭოთა კავშირი
German: de Sowjetunion f
Greek: el Σοβιετική Ένωση f
Gujarati: gu સોવિયેત યુનિયન, gu સોવિયેત સંઘ
Hebrew: he בְּרִית הַמּוֹעָצוֹת f brit ha-mo'atsót
Hindi: hi सोवियत संघ m, hi सोवियत यूनियन m
Hungarian: hu Szovjetunió
Icelandic: is Sovétríkin n-p, is Sovétsambandið n-p obsolete, is Ráðstjórnarríkin n-p obsolete
Ido: io Soviet-Uniono, io Sovietia
Indonesian: id Uni Soviet, id Uni Sovyet
Ingrian: izh Sovetskoi Sojuza
Ingush: inh Советий Союз
Interlingua: ia Union Sovietic
Irish: ga Aontas Sóivéadach m
Italian: it Unione Sovietica f
Japanese: ja ソ連 ソれん, Soren, ja ソビエト連邦 ソビエトれんぽう, Sobieto Renpō, ja ソヴェト連邦 ソヴェトれんぽう, Soveto Renpō
Javanese: jv Uni Sovyèt
Kannada: kn ಸೊವಿಯೆಟ್ ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ
Karachay-Balkar: krc Совет Союз
Kazakh: kk Кеңес Одағы, kk Совет Одағы
Khmer: km សហភាពសូវៀត
Korean: ko ^소련(蘇聯) South Korea, ko ^쏘련 North Korea, ko ^소비에트 연방, ko ^쏘베트 련방 North Korea
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Yekîtiya Sovyetê f
Kyrgyz: ky Советтер Союз
Lao: lo ສະຫະພາບໂຊວຽດ sa ha phāp sō wīat
Latin: la Uniō Sovietica f
Latvian: lv Padomju Savienība
Lithuanian: lt Tarybų Sąjunga
Luxembourgish: lb Sowjetunioun
Macedonian: mk Советски Сојуз m
Malay: ms Kesatuan Soviet
Malayalam: ml സോവിയറ്റ് യൂണിയന്
Maltese: l-mt Unjoni Sovjetika
Marathi: mr सोव्हियेत संघ
Mari:
Eastern Mari: mhr Совет Ушем
Moksha: mdf Советонь Соткс
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Зөвлөлт Холбоот Улс, mn Зөвлөлт Холбооны Улс
Mongolian script: mn ᠵᠥᠪᠯᠡᠯᠲᠦ ᠬᠣᠯᠪᠤᠭᠠᠲᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
Nahuatl: nah Sovietecatl Cetiliztli
Nepali: ne सोभियत संघ
Norman: nrf Unnion Soviétique f Jersey
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Sovjetunionen m
Nynorsk: nn Sovjetunionen m
Occitan: oc Union Sovietica f
Ossetian: os Советон Цӕдис
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Совєтски Союз m
Pashto: ps اتحاد شوروي m etehād šorawi
Persian:
Dari: prs اِتِّحَادِ شورَوِی, prs شورَوِی
Iranian Persian: fa-ira اِتِّحادِ شُورَوی, fa-ira شُورَوی
Polish: pl Związek Radziecki m-in
Portuguese: pt União Soviética f
Punjabi: pa ਸੋਵੀਅਤ ਯੂਨੀਅਨ
Romanian: ro Uniunea Sovietică f
Cyrillic: ro Униуня Советикэ f
Russian: ru Сове́тский Сою́з m
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Sovjetlihttu
Scots: sco Soviet Union
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Совјетски Савез m
Latin: sh Sovjetski Savez m
Sicilian: scn Uniuni Suviètica f
Sindhi: sd سوويت يونين
Sinhalese: si සෝවියට් සංගමය
Slovak: sk Sovietsky zväz m
Slovene: sl Sovjetska zveza f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Sowjetski zwězk m
Upper Sorbian: hsb Sowjetski zwjazk m
Spanish: es Unión Soviética f
Swahili: sw Muungano wa Sovieti cm cmi
Swedish: sv Sovjetunionen c, sv Sovjet c
Tagalog: tl Unyong Sobyet
Tajik: tg Иттиҳоди Шӯравӣ
Tamil: ta சோவியத் ஒன்றியம்
Tatar: tt Советлар Союзы
Telugu: te సోవియట్ యూనియన్
Thai: th สหภาพโซเวียต
Tibetan: bo སུའུ་ལེན་
Turkish: tr Sovyetler Birliği
Turkmen: tk Sowet Soýuzy
Udmurt: udm Кенешо Союз
Ukrainian: uk Радя́нський Сою́з m, uk Совє́тський Сою́з m
Urdu: ur سووِیَت اِتِّحاد m, ur سووِیَت یُونِیَن m
Uyghur: ug سوۋېت ئىتتىپاقى
Cyrillic: ug Совет Иттипақи
Uzbek: uz Sovet Ittifoqi
Cyrillic: uz Совет Иттифоқи
Vietnamese: vi Liên Xô, vi Liên bang Xô viết
Volapük: vo Balatam Sovyätik
Võro: vro Nõvvokogoliit
Welsh: cy Undeb Sofietaidd
Yakut: sah Советскай Союз, sah Сэбиэскэй Сойуус
Yiddish: yi סאָוועטן־פֿאַרבאַנד m
See also
0 en Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Byelorussian SSR Estonian SSR Georgian SSR Kazakh SSR Kyrgyz SSR Latvian SSR Lithuanian SSR Moldavian SSR Russian SFSR Tajik SSR Turkmen SSR Ukrainian SSR Uzbek SSR Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Estonia Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Moldova Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan
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