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Noun: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  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
    - Soviet Union, Russia, USSR

Type of: country, land, state

Part of: Eurasia

Encyclopedia: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics