Soviet
Red state adjective
Soviet means of or relating to the USSR, its government, or its people: Soviet policy, Soviet citizens, the Soviet era.
The Soviet Union existed from 1922 to 1991, comprising Russia and fourteen other republics under communist rule.
Soviet often carries Cold War connotations of authoritarianism, centralized control, or ideological opposition to the West.
My grandfather escaped Soviet Russia in 1956. (Lowercase soviet is a workers' council.)
Former communist superpower
- LeninSoviet state founder
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
- KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
- BrezhnevSoviet general secretary
Gorbachev · Bolsheviks · revolution · perestroika · glasnost · Red Army · purge · dissolution
Divider of forged metal
- Berlin WallCold War partition
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
- space raceContest for orbital superiority
- SputnikFirst orbital spacecraft
KGB · espionage · nuclear · containment · proxy war · detente · defectors · bipolarity
Eurasian federation, largest country
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- UkraineEastern European sovereign state
- SiberiaRussia's eastern expanse
Kazakhstan · Georgia · Belarus · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Leningrad · Stalingrad · Eastern Bloc
State-led revolutionary socialism
- communismCollective ownership system
- socialismCommunal economic control
- BolshevismLenin's revolutionary communist ideology
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
collectivism · classless society · state ownership · central planning · internationalism · revolutionary · comrade · bourgeoisie
Communist movement's insignia
- red starCool-burning celestial body
- red flagIndicator of danger
- LeninSoviet state founder
- Red SquareMoscow's central plaza
Political art for causes
- PravdaSoviet state newspaper
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
glorification · posters · slogans · personality cult · ideological · youth leagues
Shared-living community
- shared ownershipJoint holding of property
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- solidarityUnity among allies
- communalShared by a community
Complete legislative body
- central committeeExecutive governing body
- presidiumCommunist executive committee
USSR
Former communist superpower
- LeninSoviet state founder
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
- KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
Gorbachev · Brezhnev · Bolsheviks · revolution · perestroika · glasnost · Red Army · purge · dissolution · October Revolution
iron curtain
Divider of forged metal
- Berlin WallCold War partition
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
- space raceContest for orbital superiority
Sputnik · KGB · espionage · nuclear · containment · proxy war · detente · defectors · bipolarity · summit
Russia
Eurasian federation, largest country
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- UkraineEastern European sovereign state
Siberia · Kazakhstan · Georgia · Belarus · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Leningrad · Stalingrad · Eastern Bloc · satellite states
Marxism-Leninism
State-led revolutionary socialism
- communismCollective ownership system
- socialismCommunal economic control
- BolshevismLenin's revolutionary communist ideology
proletariat · collectivism · classless society · state ownership · central planning · internationalism · revolutionary · comrade · bourgeoisie · atheism
hammer and sickle
Communist movement's insignia
agitprop
Political art for causes
- PravdaSoviet state newspaper
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
disinformation · glorification · posters · slogans · personality cult · ideological · youth leagues
commune
Shared-living community
- shared ownershipJoint holding of property
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- solidarityUnity among allies
plenum
Complete legislative body
- central committeeExecutive governing body
- presidiumCommunist executive committee
- Slavic cultureRussian, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Serbian
- Eastern EuropePoland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria
- CouncilsSanhedrin, Duma, curia, conclave, consistory
- governing bodiesgoverning body, senate, board of directors, parliament, executive committee
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- Soviet EraUSSR, CCCP, Eastern Bloc, Politburo, Stalin era
SovietWestern
Of Euro-American civilization
American · NATO · Free World · Atlantic · anti-communist
Sovietcapitalist
Private ownership supporter
free-market · laissez-faire · private enterprise · neoliberal · bourgeois
Sovietdemocratic
Government by the people
liberal · pluralist · free · anti-communist · republican
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
- Soviet militaryUSSR's armed forces
- Soviet RussiaFormer communist superpower
- Soviet eraUSSR's historical span
- Soviet-Afghan War1979-1989 occupation and resistance
- Soviet flagUSSR's national emblem