| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| CIS | Org. of former Soviet republics |
| BALTICSTATE | One of three former Soviet republics |
| kolkhoz | a collective farm of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| TASS | Former Soviet news org. |
| TASS | Former Soviet news org. ITAR-... |
| ARMENIA | One of the Soviet republics. |
| oblast | a political subdivision of Imperial Russia or a republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or of the Russian Federation |
| samizdat | a system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and countries within its orbit by which government-suppressed literature was clandestinely printed and distributed |
