post-Soviet

Adjective

post-Soviet (not comparable)

1. 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. (international relations) Relating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union, especially in the context of Russia.
   • Post-Soviet relations with the West can vary enormously.
3. (dated, rare) After the formation of the Soviet Union.
   • 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...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...1933, The Magazine of Wall Street, volume 53, page 64

   Synonyms:

   postrevolutionary