Soyuz is a transliteration of the Cyrillic text Союз (
Russian and
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
, 'Union'). It can refer to any union, such as a trade union (''profsoyuz'') or the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик, ''Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik''). As terminological shorthand "soyuz" by itself was often used interchangeably with each of the slightly longer terms Сове́тский Сою́з (''Sovetskiy Soyuz'', 'Soviet Union'). It was also a shorthand for the citizenry as a whole.
Soyuz is also the designated name of various projects the country commissioned during the
Space Race.
Space program uses
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Soyuz programme, a human spaceflight program initiated by the Soviet Union, continued by the
Russian Federation
*
Soyuz (spacecraft), used in that program
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Soyuz (rocket), initially used to launch that spacecraft
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Soyuz (rocket family), derivatives of that rocket design
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Soyuz Launch Complex in Kourou, French Guiana
Other Soviet/Russian/Ukrainian uses
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SS ''Albert Ballin'', a 1922 German-built ship recovered and renamed ''Soyuz'' by the USSR
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Sovetsky Soyuz-class battleship, an aborted ship construction program, 1938–1941
* ''
Sovetsky Soyuz'', a propaganda magazine published by the Soviet Union, beginning in 1956
*
Soyuz Station, a base established in 1982 by members of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions in
Mac. Robertson Land
Mac. Robertson Land is the portion of Antarctica lying southward of the coast between William Scoresby Bay and Cape Darnley (Mac. Robertson Land), Cape Darnley. It is located at . In the east, Mac. Robertson Land includes the Prince Charles Mounta ...
* , a Moscow-based media company, founded in 1988
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Soyuz (faction) in the Congress of Soviets, 1990–1991
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Soyuz (political party), a political party in Ukraine, established in 1997
Uses in fiction
* Soyuz, a team of Russian superheroes
in DC Comics
* Soyuz,
a character in ''Dr. Stone''Japanese manga series
See also
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* {{Wiktionary-inline, союз
Russian words and phrases