• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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        Minor side note “USSR” / “CCCP” kinda just translates to “democratic union, democratic union, democratic union, democratic union”

        Soviet is a corruption of sovet meaning democratic assembly.

        • Majoran@feddit.org
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          how does it translate to “democratic union, democratic union, democratic union, democratic union”???

          Sojus Sowjetskich Sozialistitscheskich Respublik - Union of socialist council republics

          There isn’t even a single ‘democratic’ in the name, yet alone 4

        • Vikthor@piefed.world
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          Minor side note, soviet isn’t a corruption but a transcription using English ortography. The same word is transcribed as sowiet in Polish, sovět in Czech and sovjet in southern slavic languages.

          Major side note is that a country needing to emphasize it’s alleged democratic status in the name usually isn’t democratic.