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https://archive.org/details/worldbookencyclo20worl/page/180/mode/2up?q=%22Soviet+Socialist%22 https://archive.org/details/worldbookencyclo20worl/page/180/... > U.S.S.R. stands for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the official name of Russia. See Russia. For Russia, https://archive.org/details/worldbookencyclo0016unse_f8g2/page/520/mode/2up?q=Russia https://archive.org/details/worldbookencyclo0016unse_f8g2/pa... I don't see much optimism, but I didn't read it closely. There is a lot of "it sucks to live in Russia."