• Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    On the off chance you’re serious, that’s not a C but a С which is essentially a Russian S. Also the Russian R is Р

    So СССР is actually SSSR, and is short for Союз (Union) Советских (of Soviet) Социалистических (Socialist) Республик (Republics) or USSR in English.