Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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noun

1. official name of the Soviet Union. : USSR, U.S.S.R.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

noun

1. the official name of the former Soviet Union

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

1. Official name of the former Soviet Union .

Example Sentences

If it was the latter, the Cold War didn’t end with the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

From Washington Times

What was left of the old Russian Empire would become known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics—the USSR, or Soviet Union.

From Literature

It was to be called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

From New York Times

On the centenary of the treaty that formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, The Associated Press reviews the events of its rise and fall.

From Washington Times

"CCCP" is daubed on a closed shop front - the Cyrillic letters for USSR, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

From BBC