U.S.S.R.
Proper noun
Meaning
U.S.S.R.
Alternative spelling of USSR
Examples
When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is trying to marginalize the peace movement.
Furthermore, it is not distorting history to say that it was largely through the efforts and propaganda of our International Federation that the government of the U.S.S.R. was recognized by the majority of the great powers.
Never let me hear anyone say again that a Socialist State cannot provide outlets for those with initiative. The rewards given to ability in the U.S.S.R. at all levels are far greater than those given to the employed in capitalist Britain. I have seen it and it works.
I am fully aware of the concept of political revolutions. After all, that is what we hoped might happen in the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, but what actually happened was capitalist restoration.
Since the 90s, Tangerine Dream have also recorded cover versions of Jimi Hendrix' " Purple Haze " (first on 220 Volt Live ) and The Beatles ' " Eleanor Rigby ", " Back in the U.S.S.R. ", " Tomorrow Never Knows ", and " Norwegian Wood ".
Here’s a former Soviet foreign minister, after the fall of the U.S.S.R., describing to Americans how different the two countries’ political systems are.