CCCP/USSR-Question

[Bolshevik_Guerilla_1917]

Quick question, I know what USSR stands for and I also know that CCCP represents USSR, but in what way, In other words-----Union of Soviet Socialists Republic ----but----- C??? C??? C??? P???----can someone answer this because google doesnt give me the info. I want.:confused:

[PhoenixAsh]

Eh....wait....CCCP is Russian for USSR.


Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik)


Edit: And....this is also under the wiki entry for both CCCP and USSR....soooooo

[PhoenixAsh]

To clarify


Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик....= Cyrilic alphabet
Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik......= Latin transcription
Union Soviet Socialist Republics..............................= English translation


Now if I remember correctly....the USSR/CCCP...was created in late 1922 from a merger between several soviet republics in the area to create a federation. The new name was the CCCP, or as it translates in English (and nicely also in Dutch) the USSR.

In French...it would translate to URSS (Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques).

In German it would translate to UdSSR (Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken,)


Now...important to note is that preceeding the USSR there were four republics that eventually merged in 1922. These were:


Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка ....Or in cyrilic abreviation: YRCP
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.....which is often mistakenly shortened to USSR....instead of the proper Ukrain SSR


Закавказская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика.....Or in cyrilic abreviation: ЗCФCP
Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. TSFSR for short.


Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республик....Or in Cyrilic abreviation: PCФCR
Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic....RSFSR in short (basically what we could call Soviet Russia)

and last but not least:


Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка......Or in Cyrilic abreviation: БCCP
ByeloRussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Or....BSSR for short.



Those four merged in December 1922 into the CCCP....or USSR....or UdSSR or URSS

[Bolshevik_Guerilla_1917]

Yeh thats what I figured but I wasnt sure, thanx

[ColonelCossack]

How do you pronounce CCCP?

[Blake's Baby]

S. S. S. R.

is how you would pronounce it, in English...

[NorwegianCommunist]

How do you pronounce CCCP?


I think its just like USSR
Because the CCCP is cyrilic text.


Im not sure, somebody correct me and give him a true answar if you know! =)

[Blake's Baby]

I was posting at the same time as you. 'C' is a cyrillic 'S'. So it's S. S. S. R.

Or something like 'say say say air'.

[Nox]

Here's something I've always wanted to know, why do they have the accents above the letters? They are never there in handwritten form or even the cyrillic computer script, in fact the only place I've seen them is on Wikipedia. Why?

[Lev Bronsteinovich]

To clarify


Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик....= Cyrilic alphabet
Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik......= Latin transcription
Union Soviet Socialist Republics..............................= English translation


Now if I remember correctly....the USSR/CCCP...was created in late 1922 from a merger between several soviet republics in the area to create a federation. The new name was the CCCP, or as it translates in English (and nicely also in Dutch) the USSR.

In French...it would translate to URSS (Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques).

In German it would translate to UdSSR (Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken,)


Now...important to note is that preceeding the USSR there were four republics that eventually merged in 1922. These were:


Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка ....Or in cyrilic abreviation: YRCP
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.....which is often mistakenly shortened to USSR....instead of the proper Ukrain SSR
Закавказская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика.....Or in cyrilic abreviation: ЗCФCP
Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. TSFSR for short.
Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республик....Or in Cyrilic abreviation: PCФCR
Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic....RSFSR in short (basically what we could call Soviet Russia)

and last but not least:
Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка......Or in Cyrilic abreviation: БCCP
ByeloRussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Or....BSSR for short.



Those four merged in December 1922 into the CCCP....or USSR....or UdSSR or URSS

The Transcaucasion Federal republic was a brief union of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. When I was a kid, I had stamps that they printed.

[B.K.]

Here's something I've always wanted to know, why do they have the accents above the letters?

It's to denote the proper pronunciation for non-native Russian speakers. The accents are also used in books for little children.