: opposing or hostile toward the Soviet Union or Soviet ideology
If the officer in charge of Britain's anti-Soviet plans was a Soviet agent himself, how could any anti-Soviet operation succeed?—
Phillip Knightley
Phillip KnightleyDozens of Stinger missiles, left over from the 1980s anti-Soviet resistance, are thought to remain hidden in Afghanistan and Pakistan.—Ben Farmer
Ben Farmer… the authorities in Beijing were even more staunchly anti-Soviet than most Americans.—Arthur Waldron
Arthur Waldron
anti-Sovietism
noun
Their views have been characterized by a visceral anti-Sovietism, a commitment to achieving as much military edge over the Soviet Union as possible …
—Ken Booth
Ken Booth
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In the early Cold War, the Western powers increasingly preferred to shelve war crimes prosecutions in order to fortify West Germany as an anti-Soviet bulwark.
—Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Tom Nichols: Stalin’s revenge From a liberal point of view, comparing the anti-Soviet revolutions of 1989 with the illiberal revolutions today might seem scandalous.
—Ivan Krastev, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
Hungary’s Cold War-era anti-Soviet uprising looms large in the country’s consciousness as a symbol of its heroic struggle for independence and self determination.
—Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
The Cold War was at its peak, and President Ronald Reagan had packed his 1984 reelection campaign with anti-Soviet rhetoric.
—Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
The Finnish Board of Film Classification, for example, banned scores of movies deemed anti-Soviet.
—Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2024
These anti-Soviet activists were in this way identified and killed.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 27 Dec. 2023
Weaving together themes of love and exile, politics and the deeply personal, Kundera’s novel won critical acclaim, earning him a wide readership among Westerners who embraced both his anti-Soviet subversion and the eroticism threaded through many of his works.
—Elaine Ganley and Lori Hinnant, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
Born in 1929 in what was then Czechoslovakia, Kundera was known for intertwining erotic tones with anti-Soviet sentiment in short stories, essays and poems.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
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Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Tom Nichols: Stalin’s revenge From a liberal point of view, comparing the anti-Soviet revolutions of 1989 with the illiberal revolutions today might seem scandalous.
—Ivan Krastev, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
Hungary’s Cold War-era anti-Soviet uprising looms large in the country’s consciousness as a symbol of its heroic struggle for independence and self determination.
—Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
The Cold War was at its peak, and President Ronald Reagan had packed his 1984 reelection campaign with anti-Soviet rhetoric.
—Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
The Finnish Board of Film Classification, for example, banned scores of movies deemed anti-Soviet.
—Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2024
These anti-Soviet activists were in this way identified and killed.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 27 Dec. 2023
Weaving together themes of love and exile, politics and the deeply personal, Kundera’s novel won critical acclaim, earning him a wide readership among Westerners who embraced both his anti-Soviet subversion and the eroticism threaded through many of his works.
—Elaine Ganley and Lori Hinnant, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
Born in 1929 in what was then Czechoslovakia, Kundera was known for intertwining erotic tones with anti-Soviet sentiment in short stories, essays and poems.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
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“Anti-Soviet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Soviet. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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