post-Soviet
adjUK /ˌpəʊstˈsəʊvi.ət/ · US /ˌpoʊstˈsoʊvi.ət/
Etymology From post- + Soviet.
1
History, Human sciences, Sciences After 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:
2
Geopolitics, Government, Politics Relating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union, especially in the context of Russia.
International relations
- Post-Soviet relations with the West can vary enormously.
- 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 469
- His 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 64:
- Derived terms
- pan-post-Soviet