Question by : 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
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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”.
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.
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).
Edward G says
Official name: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (CCCP)
Translated to: Soyuz Sovietskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik
Tenth Amend says
Most use the former Soviet empire.