Soviet Union

English

Flag of the Soviet Union.

Etymology

Clipping of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Attested since October 1919 in U.S. newspapers.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒviət ˈjuːniən/, /ˈsəʊvɪət ˈjuːniən/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊviət ˈjuːnjən/

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Proper noun

the Soviet Union

2. Ellipsis of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
   • 2005, Tony Judt, “The Impossible Settlement”, in Postwar: A history of Europe since 1945, London: Vintage Books, published 2010, →ISBN:

     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 inevitabibility 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.

3. (informal) The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

Descendants

• → Bengali: সোভিয়েত ইউনিয়ন (śobhiet iuniôn)

Translations

USSR — see also Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,‎ USSR

• Abkhaz: Советтә Аидгыла (Sovetʼtʷʼ Ajdgəla)
• Adyghe: Совет Зэгуэтхэр (Sovet Zɛgʷɛtxɛr)
• Afrikaans: Sowjetunie (af)
• Albanian: Bashkimi Sovjetik m
• Amharic: ሶቪዬት ሕብረት (soviyet ḥəbrät)
• Arabic: الْاِتِّحَادُ السُّوفْيَاتِيّ (ar) m (al-ittiḥādu s-sūfyātiyy), الْاِتِّحَادُ السُّوفْيَتِيّ (ar) (al-ittiḥādu s-sūfyatiyy)
• Aragonese: Unión Sovietica f
• Armenian: Սովետական Միություն (Sovetakan Miutʻyun), Խորհրդային Միություն (Xorhrdayin Miutʻyun)
• Asturian: Xunión Soviética (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Sovet İttifaqı, Sovetlər Birliyi

  Cyrillic: Совет Иттифагы, Советләр Бирлији

• Bashkir: Советтар Союзы (Sovettar Soyuzı)
• Basque: Sobietar Batasuna
• Belarusian: Саве́цкі Саю́з m (Savjécki Sajúz)
• Bengali: সোভিয়েত ইউনিয়ন (bn) (śobhiet iuniôn)
• Bulgarian: Съве́тски съю́з m (Sǎvétski sǎjúz)
• Burmese: ဆိုဗီယက်ယူနီယန် (hcuibiyak-yuniyan)
• Catalan: Unió Soviètica f
• Chechen: Советски Союз (Sovetski Sojuz)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蘇聯 / 苏联 (sou¹ lyun⁴), 蘇維埃聯盟 / 苏维埃联盟 (sou¹ wai⁴ aai¹ lyun⁴ mang⁴)

  Dungan: Совет лянбон (Sovi͡ət li͡anbon)

  Hokkien: 蘇聯 / 苏联 (So͘-liân), 蘇維埃聯盟 / 苏维埃联盟 (So͘-ûi-ia liân-bêng)

  Mandarin: 蘇聯 / 苏联 (zh) (Sūlián), 蘇維埃聯盟 / 苏维埃联盟 (zh) (Sūwéi'āi Liánméng)

• Chuvash: Совет союзӗ (Sovet sojuzĕ)
• Czech: Sovětský svaz (cs) m
• Danish: Sovjetunionen (da) c
• Dhivehi: ސޯވިއެޓް އިއްތިހާދު (sōvieṭ ittihādu)
• Dutch: Sovjet-Unie (nl) f, Radenbond m (dated)
• Esperanto: Sovetunio
• Estonian: Nõukogude Liit (et), NSV Liit
• Faroese: Sovjetsamveldið n, Sovjet n
• Finnish: Neuvostoliitto (fi)
• French: Union soviétique (fr) f
• Galician: Unión Soviética (gl) f
• Georgian: საბჭოთა კავშირი (sabč̣ota ḳavširi)
• German: Sowjetunion (de) f
• Greek: Σοβιετική Ένωση (el) f (Sovietikí Énosi)
• Gujarati: સોવિયેત યુનિયન (soviyet yuniyan), સોવિયેત સંઘ (soviyet saṅgh)
• Hebrew: בְּרִית הַמּוֹעָצוֹת (he) f (brit ha-mo'atsót)
• Hindi: सोवियत संघ m (soviyat saṅgh), सोवियत यूनियन m (soviyat yūniyan)
• Hungarian: Szovjetunió (hu)
• Icelandic: Sovétríkin n pl, Sovétsambandið n pl (obsolete), Ráðstjórnarríkin n pl (obsolete)
• Ido: Soviet-Uniono (io), Sovietia (io)
• Indonesian: Uni Soviet, Uni Sovyet
• Ingrian: Sovetskoi Sojuza
• Ingush: Советий Союз (Sovetiı̇ Sojuz)
• Interlingua: Union Sovietic
• Irish: an tAontas Sóivéadach m
• Italian: Unione Sovietica (it) f
• Japanese: ソ連 (ja) (ソれん, Soren), ソビエト連邦 (ja) (ソビエトれんぽう, Sobieto Renpō), ソヴェト連邦 (ソヴェトれんぽう, Soveto Renpō)
• Javanese: Uni Sovyèt
• Kabardian: Совет Зэгуэтхэр (Sovet Zɛgʷɛtxɛr)
• Kannada: ಸೊವಿಯೆಟ್ ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ (soviyeṭ okkūṭa)
• Karachay-Balkar: Совет Союз (Sovet Soyuz)
• Kazakh: Кеңес Одағы (Keñes Odağy)
• Khmer: សហភាពសូវៀត (saʼhaʼphiəp souviət)
• Korean: 소련(蘇聯) (ko) (Soryeon) (South Korea), 쏘련 (ko) (Ssoryeon) (North Korea), 소비에트 연방 (Sobieteu Yeonbang), 쏘비에트 련방 (Ssobieteu Ryeonbang) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Yekîtiya Sovyetê f

• Kyrgyz: Советтер Союз (Sovetter Soyuz)
• Lao: ສະຫະພາບໂຊວຽດ (sa ha phāp sō wīat)
• Latin: Uniō Sovietica f
• Latvian: Padomju Savienība
• Lithuanian: Tarybų Sąjunga (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Sowjetunioun
• Macedonian: Советски Сојуз m (Sovetski Sojuz)
• Malay: Kesatuan Soviet (ms)
• Malayalam: സോവിയറ്റ് യൂണിയന് (sōviyaṟṟŭ yūṇiyanŭ)
• Maltese: l-Unjoni Sovjetika
• Marathi: सोव्हियेत संघ (sovhiyet saṅgha)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: Совет Ушем (Sovet Ušem)

• Moksha: Советонь Соткс (Sovetoń Sotks)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Зөвлөлт Холбоот Улс (Zövlölt Xolboot Uls), Зөвлөлт Холбооны Улс (Zövlölt Xolboony Uls)

  Mongolian: ᠵᠥᠪᠯᠡᠯᠲᠦ
  ᠬᠣᠯᠪᠤᠭᠠᠲᠤ
  ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (ǰöbleltü qolbuɣatu ulus)

• Nahuatl: Cemitquimatiliztli Sovietecah
• Nepali: सोभियत संघ (sobhiyat saṅgha)
• Norman: Unnion Soviétique f (Jersey)
• Northern Sami: Sovjetlihttu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sovjetunionen m

  Nynorsk: Sovjetunionen m

• Occitan: Union Sovietica f
• Ossetian: Советон Цӕдис (Soveton Cædis)
• Pashto: اتحاد شوروي m (etehād šorawi)
• Persian:

  Dari: اِتِّحَادِ شُورَوِی (ittihād-i šūrawī), شُورَوِی (fa) (šūrawī)

  Iranian Persian: اِتِّحادِ شورَوی (ettehâd-e šuravi), شورَوی (fa) (šuravi)

• Polish: Związek Radziecki (pl) m
• Portuguese: União Soviética (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਸੋਵੀਅਤ ਯੂਨੀਅਨ (sovīata yūnīana)
• Romanian: Uniunea Sovietică f

  Cyrillic: Униуня Советикэ f (Uniunea Sovetică)

• Russian: Сове́тский Сою́з (ru) m (Sovétskij Sojúz)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Совјетски Савез m

  Roman: Sovjetski Savez m

• Sicilian: Uniuni Suviètica f
• Sindhi: سوويت يونين
• Sinhalese: සෝවියට් සංගමය (sōwiyaṭ saṁgamaya)
• Slovak: Sovietsky zväz m
• Slovene: Sovjetska zveza f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Sowjetski zwězk m

  Upper Sorbian: Sowjetski zwjazk m

• Spanish: Unión Soviética (es) f
• Swahili: Muungano wa Sovieti class m/mi
• Swedish: Sovjetunionen (sv) c, Sovjet (sv) c
• Tagalog: Unyong Sobyet
• Tajik: Иттиҳоди Шӯравӣ (tg) (Ittihod-i Šüravi)
• Tamil: சோவியத் ஒன்றியம் (cōviyat oṉṟiyam)
• Tatar: Советлар Союзы (Sowetlar Soyuzı)
• Telugu: సోవియట్ యూనియన్ (sōviyaṭ yūniyan)
• Thai: สหภาพโซเวียต (sà-hà-pâap-soo-wîiat)
• Tibetan: སུའུ་ལེན་ (su'u len)
• Turkish: Sovyetler Birliği (tr)
• Turkmen: Sowet Soýuzy
• Udmurt: Кенешо Союз (Keńešo Sojuz)
• Ukrainian: Радя́нський Сою́з m (Radjánsʹkyj Sojúz), Совє́тський Сою́з m (Sovjétsʹkyj Sojúz)
• Urdu: سووِیَت اِتِّحاد m (soviyat ittihād), سووِیَت یُونِیَن m (soviyat yūniyan)
• Uyghur: سوۋېت ئىتتىپاقى (sowët ittipaqi)
• Uzbek: Sovet Ittifoqi

  Cyrillic: Совет Иттифоқи (Sovet Ittifoqi)

• Vietnamese: Liên Xô (vi), Liên bang Xô viết
• Volapük: Balatam Sovyätik
• Võro: Nõvvokogoliit
• Welsh: Undeb Sofietaidd (cy)
• Yakut: Советскай Союз (Sovetskay Soyuz), Сэбиэскэй Сойуус (Sebieskey Soyuus)
• Yiddish: סאָוועטן־פֿאַרבאַנד m (sovetn-farband)