USSR
pronunciation
How to pronounce USSR in British English:
UK [ˌju: es es ˈɑ:(r)]
How to pronounce USSR in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- USSR
- also U.S.S.R., initialism (acronym) of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, by 1926.
Example
- 1. Posters of the ussr have never left the place .
- 2. After the ussr collapse chechnya went through islamization processes .
- 3. In 1991 , the ussr split up into its constituent republics .
- 4. In the former ussr alone there are still 11 defective chernobyl-style reactors in operation .
- 5. The asphalt hasn 't been laid here since the time of the ussr .