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Soviet phraseology, or Sovietisms, i.e. the neologisms and cliches in the Russian language of the epoch of the Soviet Union, has a number of distinct traits that reflect the Soviet way of life and Soviet culture and politics. Most of these distinctions are ultimately traced (directly or indirectly, as a cause-effect chain) to the utopic goal of ...
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[u] (USSR), [v] commonly known as the Soviet Union, [w] was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries, and the third-most populous country.
Pages in category "Soviet phraseology" The following 124 pages are in this category, out of 124 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A Russian gopnik squats in a stairwell in a khrushchyovka building (2016). A gopnik (Russian: гопник, romanized: gopnik, pronounced [ˈɡopnʲɪk]; Ukrainian: гопник, romanized: hopnyk; Belarusian: гопнік, romanized: hopnik) [1] is a member of a delinquent subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and in other former Soviet republics—a young man (or a woman, a gopnitsa) of ...
2. Samolyet dlya Podvodnikh Lodok – aeroplane for submarine boats [1] SPS. Skorostnoi Passazhirskii Samolet – high-speed passenger aircraft [1] SR. skorstnoi Razvedchik – (СР, Скоростной разведчик – high-speed reconnaissance) [1] SRB. Skorostnoi Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik – high-speed reconnaissance-bomber [1] SS.
Balalaika [3] (Russian: балала́йка, [bəlɐˈlajkə]) A triangle-shaped mandolin -like musical instrument with three strings. Balaclava (Russian: Балаклава) (Tatar origin) A knitted hat that covers the face, also known as a ski mask in the US and elsewhere. First used in the British army during the Crimean war of 1853–56.
The abbreviation GULAG (ГУЛАГ) stands for " Г ла́вное У правле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х ЛАГ ере́й" (Main Directorate of Correctional Labour Camps), but the full official name of the agency changed several times. The Gulag is recognized as a major instrument of political repression in ...
Before the Bolshevik Revolution, Russian was the official language for the Russian Empire, with the exception of a few permitted languages in autonomous regions as Poland, Finland, and the Baltic provinces. Regional languages were discouraged or forbidden, as was the case of Ukrainian between 1876 and 1905. There was no explicit plan to enable ...