soviet union

Questions about soviet union

What does soviet union mean?

soviet union means "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".

What is another word for soviet union?

Close synonyms include Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is soviet union a common word?

soviet union is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.