post-Soviet

From post- +‎ Soviet.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpəʊstˈsəʊvi.ət/, /ˌpəʊstˈsɒvi.ət/, /ˌpəʊstˈsɒv.jət/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpoʊstˈsoʊvi.ət/, /ˌpoʊstˈsoʊvi.ɛt/
• Rhymes: -əʊviət, -ɒviət, -ɒvjət, -əʊviɛt

post-Soviet (not comparable)

2. (history) After the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
   • 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 270:

     Her sole previous experience of the Soviet, or post-Soviet, had been a single evening in the former East Berlin, a few months after the Wall’s fall.

4. (geopolitics, international relations) Relating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union, especially in the context of Russia.

   Post-Soviet relations with the West can vary enormously.

6. (rare, dated) After the formation of the Soviet Union.

   Synonym: postrevolutionary

   • 1922, The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings Annual Meeting , page 469:

     Too much should not be made of it, in view of statistical uncertainties above detailed, but the largest shift in the whole of Table III is in the case of Russia. Only 26.1 per cent of natives of Russia were naturalized in 1910, but in 1920 the percentage was 15.6 higher. It would be interesting to know how much was pre-Soviet and how much post-Soviet, and a tabulation by year of arrival and year of naturalization would disclose it.

   • 1933, The Magazine of Wall Street, volume 53, page 64:

     His clever work is now bearing fruit with recognition by the United States in the offing and other major nations may be expected to follow suit. He is entitled to a pat on the back by Mr. Stalin. Naturally, pre-Soviet and post-Soviet debts will be discussed. President Roosevelt has naively suggested that we would like to slide down Russia's cellar door and play in the Soviet backyard. He is thinking, doubtless of Russian markets

• pan-post-Soviet