All-Union

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian всесоюзный (vsesojuznyj): the conventionally standard English translation.

Adjective

All-Union (not comparable)

1. (historical) Denoting a scope that included all of the Soviet Union rather than only one or several Republics of the Soviet Union.

   Hypernym: unionwide

   Near-synonyms: Union, Soviet

   All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions

   All-Union Scientific and Research, Planning and Design Technological Institute on Electric Locomotives Building

   All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports

   All-Union Communist Party

See also

• All India
• countrywide
• European
• federal
• national
• nationwide
• Pan-American
• pan-Indian
• supranational