Soyuz is a transliteration of the Cyrillic text Союз ( Russian and

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, 'Union'). It can refer to any union, such as a trade union (''profsoyuz'') or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик, ''Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik''). As terminological shorthand "soyuz" by itself was often used interchangeably with each of the slightly longer terms Сове́тский Сою́з (''Sovetskiy Soyuz'', 'Soviet Union'). It was also a shorthand for the citizenry as a whole. Soyuz is also the designated name of various projects the country commissioned during the

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Space program uses

* Soyuz programme, a human spaceflight program initiated by the Soviet Union, continued by the

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* Soyuz (spacecraft), used in that program * Soyuz (rocket), initially used to launch that spacecraft * Soyuz (rocket family), derivatives of that rocket design * Soyuz Launch Complex in Kourou, French Guiana

Other Soviet/Russian/Ukrainian uses

* SS ''Albert Ballin'', a 1922 German-built ship recovered and renamed ''Soyuz'' by the USSR * Sovetsky Soyuz-class battleship, an aborted ship construction program, 1938–1941 * '' Sovetsky Soyuz'', a propaganda magazine published by the Soviet Union, beginning in 1956 * Soyuz Station, a base established in 1982 by members of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions in

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* , a Moscow-based media company, founded in 1988 *

Soyuz (faction) Soyuz (Russian: Союз, translated as 'Union') was a faction in the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR. The faction was critical of Perestroika and liberal reforms; it was opposed to de-centralization of the Soviet Union. The group was f ...

in the Congress of Soviets, 1990–1991 *

Soyuz (political party) The Party "Soyuz" ( uk, Партія "Союз") is a national political party in Ukraine that was mostly based in Crimea until 2014. It was registered in June 1997 under a registration number 867. History The party was founded in 1997 by , one o ...

, a political party in Ukraine, established in 1997

Uses in fiction

* Soyuz, a team of Russian superheroes in DC Comics * Soyuz, a character in ''Dr. Stone''Japanese manga series

Space program uses

Other Soviet/Russian/Ukrainian uses

Uses in fiction

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