Soviets
Cold War adversaries
Soviets refers to the people or government of the former Soviet Union, especially in Cold War contexts: The Soviets and Americans competed in the space race.
The word derives from the Russian word for council, the governing bodies that gave the USSR its name.
Now primarily historical, it appears in discussions of 20th-century geopolitics. (Lowercase soviets emphasizes the councils themselves.)
Former communist superpower
- RussiaEurasian federation, largest country
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- superpowerDominant nation or magical ability
- Eastern BlocUSSR-aligned European nations
Iron Curtain · Warsaw Pact · satellite states · Cold War · expansion · sphere of influence · Ukraine · Siberia
Soviet autocrat, mid-century
- LeninSoviet state founder
- KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
- BrezhnevSoviet general secretary
- October RevolutionSoviet founding coup
Gorbachev · purges · famine · industrialization · glasnost · perestroika · collapse · dissolution
Collective ownership system
- BolsheviksLenin's revolutionary party
- PolitburoCommunist party's governing body
- Central CommitteeCommunist party's governing body
- Communist PartyMarxist-Leninist political organization
Kremlin · socialism · Marxism-Leninism · proletariat · dictatorship · collectivization · revolution · propaganda
Soviet ground forces
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- missilesSelf-propelled guided weapons
- tanksStorage vessels for liquids
- invasionForcible entry into territory
Afghanistan · arms race · conscription · ICBMs · Sputnik · space race · submarines · defense
Ideological artwork for masses
- PravdaSoviet state newspaper
- atheismRejection of deities
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- state mediaGovernment-run news organizations
Pioneers · collective farms · bread lines · queues · apartments · communal living · rations · shortages
Deliberative governing bodies
- workersPeople doing jobs
- deputiesAppointed subordinate representatives
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- assembliesOrganized group gatherings
elected representatives · peasants · soldiers · voting · decrees · legislative
USSR
Former communist superpower
- RussiaEurasian federation, largest country
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- superpowerDominant nation or magical ability
Eastern Bloc · Iron Curtain · Warsaw Pact · satellite states · Cold War · expansion · sphere of influence · Ukraine · Siberia · republics
Stalin
Soviet autocrat, mid-century
- LeninSoviet state founder
- KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
- BrezhnevSoviet general secretary
Gorbachev · October Revolution · purges · famine · industrialization · glasnost · perestroika · collapse · dissolution · 1991
communism
Collective ownership system
- BolsheviksLenin's revolutionary party
- PolitburoCommunist party's governing body
- Central CommitteeCommunist party's governing body
Communist Party · Kremlin · socialism · Marxism-Leninism · proletariat · dictatorship · collectivization · revolution · propaganda · ideology
Red Army
Soviet ground forces
invasion · Afghanistan · arms race · conscription · ICBMs · Sputnik · space race · submarines · defense · KGB
propaganda posters
Ideological artwork for masses
- PravdaSoviet state newspaper
- atheismRejection of deities
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
state media · Pioneers · collective farms · bread lines · queues · apartments · communal living · rations · shortages · black market
councils
Deliberative governing bodies
- workersPeople doing jobs
- deputiesAppointed subordinate representatives
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
assemblies · elected representatives · peasants · soldiers · voting · decrees · legislative
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- Russian Historytsars, Tsarist Russia, Romanov, czars, Russian Revolution
- socialismMarxism, communism, proletariat, bourgeoisie, communal ownership
- Soviet communismLenin, Stalin, Leninism, Bolsheviks, Stalinism
- Soviet EraUSSR, CCCP, Eastern Bloc, Politburo, Stalin era
- class revoltrevolutionary, revolt, uprising, rebel, insurgent
SovietsAmericans
U.S. citizens
NATO · Western powers · First World · capitalists · United States
Sovietscapitalists
Owners of productive wealth
market economies · private enterprise · Wall Street · free traders · bourgeoisie
- 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