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

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

, 'Union'). It can refer to any union, such as a trade union (''profsoyuz'') or the

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

(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

Space Race The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the t ...

Space program uses

Soyuz programme The Soyuz programme ( , ; russian: link=no, Союз , meaning "Union") is a human spaceflight programme initiated by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s. The Soyuz spacecraft was originally part of a Moon landing project intended to put a So ...

, a human spaceflight program initiated by the Soviet Union, continued by the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

Soyuz (spacecraft) Soyuz () is a series of spacecraft which has been in service since the 1960s, having made more than 140 flights. It was designed for the Soviet space program by the Korolev Design Bureau (now Energia). The Soyuz succeeded the Voskhod spacecr ...

, used in that program *

Soyuz (rocket) The Soyuz (russian: Союз, meaning "union", GRAU index 11A511) was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed in the 1960s by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Kuybyshev, Soviet Union. It was commissioned to launch ...

, initially used to launch that spacecraft *

Soyuz (rocket family) Soyuz (russian: Союз, meaning "union", GRAU index 11A511) is a family of expendable Russian and Soviet carrier rockets developed by OKB-1 and manufactured by Progress Rocket Space Centre in Samara, Russia. With over 1,900 flights since it ...

, derivatives of that rocket design *

Soyuz Launch Complex The Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz (ELS) (in English ''Soyuz Launch Complex'') is a launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou/ Sinnamary, French Guiana. It is used by Soyuz-ST rockets: modified versions of the Soyuz-2 optimised for launc ...

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 The ''Sovetsky Soyuz''-class battleships (Project 23, russian: Советский Союз, "Soviet Union"), also known as "Stalin's Republics", were a class of battleships begun by the Soviet Union in the late 1930s but never brought into servic ...

, an aborted ship construction program, 1938–1941 * ''

Sovetsky Soyuz ''Sovétsky Soyúz'' ( rus, Сове́тский Сою́з, t=Soviet Union) was a magazine published by the Soviet Union. The magazine was established in 1956. It was one of the propaganda magazines of the Soviet Union. There were editions publi ...

'', a propaganda magazine published by the Soviet Union, beginning in 1956 *

Soyuz Station Soyuz Station is a Russian (formerly Soviet) Antarctic research station, located on the shores of Beaver Lake, 260 km of Prydz Bay on the Lars Christensen Coast of the Mac Robertson Land in East Antarctica. Location and climate The station i ...

, a base established in 1982 by members of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions in

Mac. Robertson Land Mac. Robertson Land is the portion of Antarctica lying southward of the coast between William Scoresby Bay and Cape Darnley (Mac. Robertson Land), Cape Darnley. It is located at . In the east, Mac. Robertson Land includes the Prince Charles Mounta ...

* , 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

See also