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USSR
or U.S.S.R.
USSR
abbreviation for
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USSR
- Abbreviation for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , the official name of the former Soviet Union .
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In the years following World War II, Estonia sank into the shadows of the U.S.S.R., struggling with a failing tourism industry.
From The Daily Beast
In April 1991, just before the U.S.S.R. crumbled, the KGB suddenly abandoned its post at Viru.
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Then the U.S. and U.S.S.R. had their own versions of whom to thank for avoiding World War III.
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The U.S.S.R. won the contract,” Rushkoff writes, “and many still blame this one episode of jet lag for provoking the Cold War.
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In the chill of the Cold War, the 1972 U.S. basketball team went up against the U.S.S.R.—and was cheated out of a gold medal.
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