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> you could say "Soviet" instead of "Russian" to clearly demarcate between the nation and the nationality. The demonym for the people who lived in the Soviet U
by evan_ 6y ago
> you could say "Soviet" instead of "Russian" to clearly demarcate between the nation and the nationality.
The demonym for the people who lived in the Soviet Union was “Soviet.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union
- xenihn 6y agoSure, but if you had neighbors who immigrated to the US from Moscow in the late 80s, would you refer to them as "Soviet" or "Russian"?
- Mediterraneo10 6y agoJews, who formed such a large part of the emigration from the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s to the USA, often bristle at being called "Russian". Yes, their language is now Russian after Eastern Europe's Jews have shifted away from Yiddish, but they still don't consider themselves Russians. For example, my own mother-in-law is a member of this emigre demographic and insists on being referred to as "a Jew from the Soviet Union".