Soviet people or Soviet nation (Russian: советский народ) or Citizens of the USSR (Russian: Граждане СССР) was an umbrella demonym for the population of the Soviet Union. Initially used as a nonspecific reference to the Soviet population, it was eventually declared to be a "new historical, social and international unity of people".
Read more about Soviet People: Nationality Politics in Early Soviet Union, Soviet People As A Political Concept
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