Word: USSR

The word USSR has appeared in at least 204 clues on different crosswords.

Clue(s)
"Back in the ___" (Lennon-McCartney song)
Dissolved bloc (abbr.)
Cold War initials
Cold War initials
Miracle on Ice loser of '80
Country featured in a Beatles song
"Evil Empire," per RWR
Cold War letters
The Beatles' "Back in the ___"
Space Race contender
Cold War country (Abbr.)
Cold War adversary: Abbr.
Cold war initials
WWII ally
Abbr. in old atlases
''Back in the ___'' (Beatles song)
Estonia's former bloc, briefly
Cold War adversary: Abbr.
Russia, formerly
Cold War power: Abbr.
SALT signatory
Cold War inits.
"Back in the ___" (Beatles song)
Large former country that included Russia and Ukraine: Abbr.
KGB's country
Cold War initials
1980 Summer Olympics host
Red letters?
SALT participant
Cold War initials
Map initials until 1991
Largest country until late '91
Cold War initials
Moscow's country, before 1991: Abbr.
''Rocky IV'' setting
Cold War superpower (Abbr.)
Cold War initials
KGB country
Cold War initials
Space Race competitor
Gorbachev's nation
Superpower until '91
Cold war initials
"Back in the ___" (Beatles hit)
Reagan's "evil empire"
"The Evil Empire" (Abbr.)
Country in a Beatles title
Cold War country: Abbr.
State led by Lenin, in brief
Allegiance of "The Americans" on TV, ironically
Cold War adversary: Abbr.
"Back in the ____"
CCCP, in English
Soviet Union
Cold War adversary: Abbr.
Cold War initials
World power initials until 1991
Red letters?
Letters on old Asian maps
Space Race inits.
MiG developer
Pres. Putin was born in it
The Beatles' "Back in the ___"
Cold War initials
Red letters?
Red letters?
Cold War nation: Abbr.
Cold War initials
KGB country
Cold War initials
Old map abbr.
One side in many John le Carré Cold War novels (Abbr.)
44-Across' land: Abbr.
Khrushchev’s country: Abbr.
Georgia was once a part of it
Abbr. on pre-1992 maps
Old Russia
Cold war inits.
One side in FX's Cold War drama "The Americans" (Abbr.)
Former abbr. for Russia
"Back in the ___" (Beatles song)
Cold War foe of the USA: Abbr.
The Beatles' "Back in the ___"
Founding member of the U.N. Security Council, for short
Cold War country (Abbr.)
Abbr. in old atlases
KGB’s base
It ceased to be in Dec. 1991
Former UN member
Red states, once
Red states, once
Cold War initials
Red letters?
Mir launcher: Abbr.
"Miracle on Ice" losing team
World power initials until 1991
Once-mighty initials
Geographical inits. until 1991
Red state, once, for short
KGB organizer
Cold War-era letters
Former abbr. for Russia
Red letters?
1980 Summer Olympics host
Cold war initials
Country in a Beatles song
America's Cold War rival: Abbr.
Red letters?
RWR’s “evil empire”
It broke up into 15 independent countries beginning in 1990: Abbr.
Cold War superpower (Abbr.)
Cold War letters
1980 Summer Olympics host
Locale in a Beatles song title
Former abbr. for Russia
Armenia and Estonia were once part of it: Abbr.
Cold war initials
Soviet Union
Cold War enemy
Red letters
Red letters?
SALT participant
Russia, formerly
Dissolution of Dec. 1991
Superpower whose last leader was Mikhail Gorbachev: Abbr.
Cold War initials
Former abbr. for Russia
Red letters?
Former abbr. for Russia
Cold War initials
World power initials until 1991
1970s Olympics hockey powerhouse (Abbr.)
Former abbr. for Russia
One of the WWII Allies
Country that dissolved in '91
Name in a noted '90s breakup
Cold War side, briefly
Founding member of the U.N. Security Council
Russia, once: Abbr.
The Beatles' "Back in the ___"
It raised a major red flag
Participant of Cold War (abbr.)
"Back in the ___" (Beatles title)
The Beatles' "Back in the ___"
"Back in the __"
Russia, once: Abbr.
Cold War country
37 Down, another way
Cold War initials
Cold War country (Abbr.)
Space Race country
Kazakhstan's former country: Abbr.
Cold war initials
USA's rival in the "Miracle on Ice"
Moscow's country, once: Abbr.
1980 Summer Olympics host
"Back in the ___" (Beatles song)
Russia was once a part of it: Abbr.
Leningrad's land, for short
Superpower that broke up in the early 1990s: Abbr.
Soviet Union
The Beatles' "Back in the ___"
Country assigned the .su domain in 1990: Abbr.
Superpower that broke up in 1991: Abbr.
Country that once included Ukraine and 14 other now-independent nations: Abbr.
Red states, once, in brief
Communist state to 1991
"Back in the ___" (Beatles song)
Losing team in the "Miracle on Ice" hockey game
Former country that earned 473 Olympic gold medals: Abbr.
Federation formed in 1922, for short
Cold War power (Abbr.)
Space Race country
One side in FX's Cold War drama "The Americans" (Abbr.)
USA's Cold War rival: Abbr.
Cold War superpower (Abbr.)
Red letters?
Brezhnev's country
Moscow's country, prior to 1991: Abbr.
Communist nation once headed by Nikita Khrushchev: Abbr.
U.S.'s Space Race competitor
The Beatles' "Back in the ___"
Cold war inits.
Geographical inits. until 1991
World's largest country from 1922 to 1991
Former Eurasian superpower
The Beatles' "Back in the ___"
Old map inits.
Country that was once led by Leonid Brezhnev: Abbr.
The Beatles' "Back in the ___"
Ukraine and Belarus were once part of it: Abbr.
The Beatles' "Back in the ___"
Cold War rival (abbr.)
Red letters?
Map inits. until 1991
State dissolved 31 December 1991
SALT participant
"Back in the ___" (song by the Beatles)
Country that included Russia for much of the 20th century: Abbr.
"Miracle on Ice" losing Olympic team (Abbr.)
Sputnik launcher: Abbr.
Red letters?
Cold war initials
Space Race country, briefly