soviet union

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 109025654)
    domain member region:
    • february revolution, russian revolution - the revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917
    • october revolution, russian 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
    • russian - the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia
    • razbliuto - the sentimental feeling you have about someone you once loved but no longer do
    • pirogi, piroshki, pirozhki - small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried
    • kvass - fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley
    • kolkhoz - a collective farm owned by the communist state
    • steppe - extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)
    • tovarich, tovarisch - a comrade (especially in Russian communism)
    • isaac stern, 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)
    • svoboda - (Russia) freedom
    is an instance of: country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation
    has:
    is a part of: eurasia - the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia
    same as: russia, union of soviet socialist republics, ussr

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