Submitted Place Name Revision History

loadingDate    Editor    Change Summary
2/17/2022, 6:17 AM General9696
6/6/2020, 5:29 PM General9696
6/6/2020, 5:28 PM General9696
4/13/2020, 8:32 PM General9696
4/11/2020, 5:14 PM General9696
4/11/2020, 5:13 PM General9696
4/9/2020, 2:53 PM General9696
4/9/2020, 2:36 PM General9696
4/9/2020, 2:35 PM General9696
4/9/2020, 2:32 PM General9696

Name Soviet Union
Type Country
Usage Russian, English
Scripts Советский союз(Russian)
Pronounced Pron. SO-VEE-it-yoo-NEE-ən
Other Forms FormsUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR, СССР
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

The word Soviet is derived from Russian совет (sovet), meaning "council, assembly, advice, harmony, concord". This was the name of a federal socialist and communist state that existed from 1922 to 1991, at which time it split into 15 countries - Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia 1, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Moldova, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Turkmenistan and Estonia.
Added 4/9/2020 by General9696