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captive nation

noun

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  1. A country under the control of a Communist regime (especially the Soviet Union).

    • Almost from the moment the Soviet empire swallowed the captive nations, the fight against it began.
    • Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump claimed that "socialism is dying" and described Cuba as a "captive nation." But Cuban officials framed voting yes to the constitution as a matter of patriotism.
    • When the moment struck in the late 1980s as the Soviet Union started to collapse, nonviolent resistance to Communist rule forced the Soviets out, freeing the captive nations without a shot fired.

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