In fact, some of the names of the countries themselves are a hint of this: the USSR stands for the United Soviet Socialist Republics, Vietnam's official name is the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ...

Officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the state was made up of 15 republics – including Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan ...

A mong other things, the Cold War was replete with examples of the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics attempting to one-up each other in the arena of aerospace ...

MOSCOW, July 12. /TASS/. The USSR republics’ right for secession was "the most dangerous time bomb" under the statehood of the Soviet Union, Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote in the article ...

one of the original signatories of the United Nations Declaration (...) The conference itself invited four other states - the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist ...

DC dispatch: a veteran Inspector General stands up for the rule of law, and is escorted from her office ...