Both Uses
Soviet Union
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Flags of Our Fathers
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- Japan's military leaders calculated that Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941 would be successful.†
Chpt 3. *Soviet Union = former Russian-led communist state that was the main rival of the United States during the Cold War
- In late July, the Big Three leaders of the Allied nations—Winston Churchill of Great Britain, Harry Truman of the United States, and Josef Stalin of the Soviet Union—met in Potsdam to map out the closure of the Pacific War.†
Chpt 17.
Definitions:
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(Soviet Union) former communist state (U.S.S.R.) led by Russia, made up of multiple republics in eastern Europe and Asia, and a main rival of the United States during the Cold War (1922–1991)The Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) was created after the Russian Revolution and eventually included 15 "union republics," with Russia as the largest and most powerful.
It was a one-party state led by the Communist Party, which controlled the economy, the media, and most public life. The government claimed to be building socialism, with most property owned or directed by the state instead of by private individuals.
After helping defeat Nazi Germany in World War II, the Soviet Union became one of two superpowers, along with the United States. The two countries competed for influence around the world in the Cold War, including an arms race and a space race.
Life in the Soviet Union included periods of harsh repression and censorship, along with shortages of consumer goods. In 1991 the country broke apart, and its 15 republics became these independent countries: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Moldova, and Turkmenistan. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)