UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia an others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991

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	Synonyms:	Russia, Soviet Union, USSR

	See Also:	Caspian, Caspian Sea, country, Eurasia, February Revolution, land, October Revolution, Russian Revolution, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia, Soviet Socialist Republic, state