Soyuz is a transliteration of the Cyrillic text Союз ( Russian and Ukrainian, 'Union'). It can refer to any union, such as a trade union (''profsoyuz'') or the

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by are ...

(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 The Space Race (, ) was a 20th-century competition between the Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between t ...

Space program uses

* Soyuz programme, a human spaceflight program initiated by the Soviet Union, continued by the

Russian Federation Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

Soyuz (spacecraft) Soyuz () is a series of spacecraft which has been in service since the 1960s, having made more than 140 flights. It was designed for the Soviet space program by the Korolev Design Bureau (now Energia (corporation), Energia). The Soyuz succeeded ...

, used in that program * Soyuz (rocket), initially used to launch that spacecraft *

Soyuz (rocket family) Soyuz (, GRAU index: 11A511) is a family of Soviet and later Russian expendable Medium-lift launch vehicle, medium-lift launch vehicles initially developed by the OKB-1 design bureau and manufactured by the Progress Rocket Space Centre factory ...

, derivatives of that rocket design * Soyuz Launch Complex in Kourou, French Guiana

Other Soviet/Russian/Ukrainian uses

* SS ''Albert Ballin'', a 1922 German-built ship recovered and renamed ''Soyuz'' by the USSR * 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 Soyuz Station is a Russia, Russian (formerly Soviet Union, Soviet) Antarctic research station, located on the shores of Beaver Lake (Antarctica), Beaver Lake, 260 km off Prydz Bay on the Lars Christensen Coast of the Mac Robertson Land in East Anta ...

, a base established in 1982 by members of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions in Mac. Robertson Land * , a Moscow-based media company, founded in 1988 * Soyuz (faction) in the Congress of Soviets, 1990–1991 * 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'', a Japanese manga series

Space program uses

Other Soviet/Russian/Ukrainian uses

Uses in fiction

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