soviet union
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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 (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | country, land, state, |
| definition | : | the territory occupied by a nation (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | soviet socialist republic, |
| definition | : | one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991) (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | caspian, caspian sea, |
| definition | : | a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | eurasia, |
| definition | : | the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia (noun.object) |
| domain member region | : | february revolution, russian revolution, |
| definition | : | the revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917 (noun.act) |
| domain member region | : | october revolution, russian revolution, |
| definition | : | the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922 (noun.act) |
| domain member region | : | russian, |
| definition | : | the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia (noun.communication) |
| domain member region | : | razbliuto, |
| definition | : | the sentimental feeling you have about someone you once loved but no longer do (noun.feeling) |
| domain member region | : | pirogi, piroshki, pirozhki, |
| definition | : | small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried (noun.food) |
| domain member region | : | kvass, |
| definition | : | fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley (noun.food) |
| domain member region | : | kolkhoz, |
| definition | : | a collective farm owned by the communist state (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | steppe, |
| definition | : | extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) (noun.object) |
| domain member region | : | tovarich, tovarisch, |
| definition | : | a comrade (especially in Russian communism) (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | isaac stern, stern, |
| definition | : | United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | balagan, |
| definition | : | a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian) (noun.state) |
| domain member region | : | svoboda, |
| definition | : | (Russia) freedom (noun.state) |
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