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How should I refer to the former USSR in a proper way?

Question by Jabrown93: What is the proper way to refer to the former USSR?
In an essay would I refer to the former USSR as the former Soviet bloc or the Soviet bloc. Or are both of these obsolete? Thanks.

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Answer by Lex Brasewd
Russia the former soviet union

Answer by Tenth Amend
Most use the former Soviet empire.

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  1. Wave2012 says

    Both ways are wrong.
    Soviet bloc was all communist countries together: USSR, China, Korea, Poland, etc., etc…

    The other name of USSR was Soviet Union.
    You can also write “former Soviet Union”.

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  2. Iamicecreamman says

    There was no Soviet bloc. See, the Soviet Union was ment to form an illusion that all the Blocs united under the USSR to form a federation, you know what I mean? So there was no “Soviet Bloc”, only Soviet bloc’s, but even then, I wouldnt use it, its kind of risky.

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  3. u_bin_called says

    Refering to the nation, I believe proper style is “the former Soviet Union.”

    “Soviet Bloc” refers to nations that had governments independent of the USSR but aligned with it (such as Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary).

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  4. Edward G says

    Official name: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (CCCP)
    Translated to: Soyuz Sovietskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik

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