Proper noun
former Soviet Union
Synonym of former USSR
Tasmania is famous for its shape, which is the same shape as the pubic hair region on a woman's body, which I personally don't identify with. Mine's more like a map of the former Soviet Union. Not to scale. Hannah Gadsby
A likely source for terrorists seeking to buy or steal nuclear materials is the former Soviet Union. Lee H. Hamilton
Then I was lucky I met with my future husband, and I started new life with my husband, and I was happy again. He was a musician. I start to travel with him through Europe also and around the former Soviet Union. Olga Korbut
This bill reminds me of the tactics of the former Soviet Union - and we know how successful that was. Virginia Foxx
The breakup of the former Soviet Union has caused its grain output to plummet, but if the new republics recover economically, they could produce vast amounts of food. Norman Borlaug
If China's expansion into Africa and Russia's into Latin America and the former Soviet Union are any indication, Silicon Valley's ability to expand globally will be severely limited, if only because Beijing and Moscow have no qualms about blending politics and business. Evgeny Morozov