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All-Union

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Denoting a scope that included all of the Soviet Union rather than only one or several Republics of the Soviet Union.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, not-comparable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: Union, Soviet
  • All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions
  • All-Union Scientific and Research, Planning and Design Technological Institute on Electric Locomotives Building
  • All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports
  • All-Union Communist Party

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Union, Soviet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: unionwide

History

Etymology

Calque of Russian всесоюзный (vsesojuznyj): the conventionally standard English translation.

Real reading context

All-Union in complete knowledge articles

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