Meanings
- not comparablehistoryAfter the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Her sole previous experience of the Soviet, or post-Soviet, had been a single evening in the former East Berlin, a few months after the Wall’s fall.
2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 270 - not comparableinternational relationsgeopoliticsRelating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union, especially in the context of Russia.
Post-Soviet relations with the West can vary enormously.
- datednot comparablerareAfter the formation of the Soviet Union.
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Too much should not be made of it, in view of statistical uncertainties above detailed, but the largest shift in the whole of Table III is in the case of Russia. Only 26.1 per cent of natives of Russia were naturalized in 1910, but in 1920 the percentage was 15.6 higher. It would be interesting to know how much was pre-Soviet and how much post-Soviet, and a tabulation by year of arrival and year of naturalization would disclose it.
1922, The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting [/Forum] [of the National Conference of Social Work of the United States], page 469His clever work is now bearing fruit with recognition by the United States in the offing and other major nations may be expected to follow suit. He is entitled to a pat on the back by Mr. Stalin. Naturally, pre-Soviet and post-Soviet debts will be discussed. President Roosevelt has naively suggested that we would like to slide down Russia's cellar door and play in the Soviet backyard. He is thinking, doubtless [...] of Russian markets [...]
1933, The Magazine of Wall Street, volume 53, page 64Synonyms: postrevolutionary
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAfter the formation of the Soviet Union.
Origin
Translations
Czech postsovětský
- postsovětskýafter the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Finnish Neuvostoliiton jälkeinen, entisen Neuvostoliiton
- Neuvostoliiton jälkeinenafter the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- entisen Neuvostoliitonrelating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union
French post-soviétique, postsoviétique
- post-soviétiqueafter the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- postsoviétiqueafter the dissolution of the Soviet Union
German postsowjetisch
- postsowjetischafter the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Hungarian posztszovjet
- posztszovjetafter the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Italian postsovietico
- postsovieticoafter the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Latvian postpadomju
- postpadomjuafter the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Polish poradziecki, posowiecki
- poradzieckiafter the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- posowieckiafter the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- postradzieckiafter the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- postsowieckiafter the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- poradzieckirelating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- posowieckirelating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- postradzieckirelating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- postsowieckirelating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Russian постсове́тский, послесове́тский
- постсове́тский (postsovétskij)after the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- послесове́тский (poslesovétskij)after the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- постсове́тский (postsovétskij)relating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- послесове́тский (poslesovétskij)relating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Spanish postsoviético
- postsoviéticoafter the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Ukrainian пострадя́нський, пострадя́нський
- пострадя́нський (postradjánsʹkyj)after the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- пострадя́нський (postradjánsʹkyj)relating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Vietnamese hậu Xô-viết
- hậu Xô-viếtafter the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Rhymes & wordplay
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