| English | German | |
| admin. oblast [administrative area in Russia and the former Soviet Union] | 9 Oblast {f} [auch {m}] | |
| hist. pol. KGB [Committee for State Security; former Soviet secret service] | 6 KGB {n} {m} [Komitee für Staatssicherheit beim Ministerrat der UdSSR; ehem. sowjetischer Geheimdienst] | |
| geogr. hist. pol. [coll. , often pej., West German term for Germany's Soviet Occupation Zone, and then the GDR] | Zone {f} [ugs.] [bundesd.] [kurz für: Sowjetische Besatzungszone (SBZ), später auch pej. für: DDR] | |
| geogr. hist. pol. [coll. , often pej.: West German term for Germany's Soviet Occupation Zone, and then the GDR] | Ostzone {f} [ugs.] [bundesd.] [kurz für: Sowjetische Besatzungszone (SBZ), später auch pej. für: DDR] | |
| hist. [German prisoner of war in Soviet Union] | Plenni {m} [ugs.] | |
| weapons [NPA of the former GDR, man-portable soviet-built recoilless antitank rocket launcher] | Panzerbüchse {f} <RPG> | |
| hist. [pejorative nickname for a Russian or Soviet soldier and the Red Army] | Iwan {m} [veraltet] [pej.] | |
| [Soviet prisoner-of-war camp not allowing contact with home] | Schweigelager {n} | |
| mil. [WWII, German nickname of the Soviet submachine gun PPSh 41] | Balalaika {f} [ugs.] [2. WK, Spitzname der sowjetischen MPi PPSh 41] | |
| astron. astronau cosmodrome [spaceport, esp. in Russia or former Soviet Union] | Raumflughafen {m} [Weltraumbahnhof] | |
| med. feldsher [health care professional in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union] | Feldscher {m} [medizinische Hilfskraft in der Sowjetunion und im heutigen Russland] | |
| hist. kolkhoznik [worker on a Soviet collective farm] | Kolchosbauer {m} | |
| hist. kolkhozniki [workers on a Soviet collective farm] | Kolchosbauern {pl} | |
| hist. kolkhozniks [workers on a Soviet collective farm] | Kolchosbauern {pl} | |
| militsiya [Soviet police] | Miliz {f} | |
| hist. pol. Orgburo [Organizational Bureau, Soviet Union] | Orgbüro {n} [Organisationsbüro, Sowjetunion] | |
| hist. refusenik [Soviet Jew who was denied permission to emigrate] | Refusenik {m} [sowjetischer Jude, dem die Ausreise verweigert wurde] | |
| admin. hist. USIA [Administration for Soviet Property in Austria] | USIA {f} [Verwaltung des sowjetischen Eigentums in Österreich] | |
2 Words |
| hist. mil. Dead Hand [also: perimeter; a Cold-War-era nuclear-control system used by the Soviet Union] | Tote Hand {f} [Nuklearwaffenpolitik] | |
| hist. pol. eastern policy [toward the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe] | Ostpolitik {f} | |
| geogr. hist. Volga Republic [Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic] | Wolgarepublik {f} [Autonome Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik der Wolgadeutschen] | |
3 Words |
| hist. mil. Day of Liberation [end of World War II on 8 May, or 9 May (the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries only)] | Tag {m} der Befreiung [8. Mai 1945] | |
| hist. mil. weapons Stalin's organ pipes [Soviet rocket launcher] | Stalinorgel {f} [sowjetischer Raketenwerfer] | |
| geogr. hist. Volga German Republic [Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic] | Wolgadeutsche Republik {f} [Autonome Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik der Wolgadeutschen] | |
4 Words |
| hist. mil. pol. League of German Officers [association of German officers in Soviet war captivity] | Bund {m} Deutscher Offiziere <BDO> | |
5+ Words |
| hist. pol. State Committee on the State of Emergency [Soviet Union] <SCSE> | Staatskomitee {n} für den Ausnahmezustand [Sowjetunion] | |
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