Союз

See also: союз

Russian

Etymology

Ellipsis of Сове́тский Сою́з (Sovétskij Sojúz) or Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик (Sojúz Sovétskix Socialistíčeskix Respúblik). Literally, “the Union”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɐˈjus]

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Proper noun

Сою́з • (Sojúz) m inan (genitive Сою́за)

1. Soviet Union (a former country in Europe and Asia, USSR)
2. short for the Soyuz spacecraft

Declension

Declension of Сою́з (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Сою́з Sojúz
genitive	Сою́за Sojúza
dative	Сою́зу Sojúzu
accusative	Сою́з Sojúz
instrumental	Сою́зом Sojúzom
prepositional	Сою́зе Sojúze

Related terms

• сою́з (sojúz)

 

Descendants

• → English: Soyuz
• → Spanish: Soyuz