The Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 state motto is a quotation

Quotation

A quotation or quote is the repetition of one expression as part of another one, particularly when the quoted expression is well-known or explicitly attributed by citation to its original source, and it is indicated by quotation marks.A quotation can also refer to the repeated use of units of any...

 from Karl Marx

Karl Marx

Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...

's and Friedrich Engels

Friedrich Engels

Friedrich Engels was a German industrialist, social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of Marxist theory, alongside Karl Marx. In 1845 he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research...

' Communist Manifesto, meaning Workers of the world, unite!

Workers of the world, unite!

The political slogan Workers of the world, unite! is one of the most famous rallying cries of communism, found in The Communist Manifesto , by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels...

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It was featured in all languages of the republics of the Soviet Union

Republics of the Soviet Union

The Republics of the Soviet Union or the Union Republics of the Soviet Union were ethnically-based administrative units that were subordinated directly to the Government of the Soviet Union...

 as part of the coat of arms of the Soviet Union

Coat of arms of the Soviet Union

The State Emblem of the Soviet Union was adopted in 1923 and was used until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Although it technically is an emblem rather than a coat of arms, since it does not follow heraldic rules, in Russian it is called герб , the word used for a traditional coat of...

, mentioned by the reversed order of that written down in the constitution of the Soviet Union

Constitution of the Soviet Union

There were three versions of the constitution of the Soviet Union, modeled after the 1918 Constitution established by the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic , the immediate predecessor of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics....

. The motto was part of the coats of arms of the Soviet Republics

Coats of arms of the Soviet Republics

The coats of arms of the constituent republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics all featured predominantly the hammer and sickle and the red star that symbolised communism, as well as a rising sun , surrounded by a wreath of wheat The coats of arms of the constituent republics of the...

, both in the republic's language and Russian, and in the coats of arms of the ASSRs, in both the republic's language(s) and the language of the SSR to which the ASSR belonged.

Languages of the republics of the Soviet Union

Republics of the Soviet Union

The Republics of the Soviet Union or the Union Republics of the Soviet Union were ethnically-based administrative units that were subordinated directly to the Government of the Soviet Union...

(Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes'!) (Proletari vsikh kraïn, yednaĭtesya!) (Praletaryi ǔsikh krain, yadnaĭcesya!) (Butun dunyo proletarlari, birlashingiz!) (Barlıq elderdiñ proletarları, birigiñder!) (Proletarebo qvela kveqnisa, sheertdit!) (Bütün ölkələrin proletarları, birləşin!) (Proletari din toate ţările, uniţi-vă!) (Bardıq ölkölördün proletarları, birikkile!) (Proletarhoi hamai mamlakatho, jak şaved!) (Proletarner bolor erkrneri, miace'q!) (Ähli ýurtlaryň proletarlary, birleşiň!)

Languages of the autonomous republics of the Soviet Union

Autonomous republics of the Soviet Union

Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics of the Soviet Union were administrative units created for certain nations. The ASSRs had a status lower than the union republics of the Soviet Union, but higher than the autonomous oblasts and the autonomous okrugs....

(Aproletarcwa atwylaķua źeg'y rç̆y ik̄ou, šwc̆eidyšwkyl!) (Bükhy oronuudai proletarinar, nėgėdėgty!)

• Bukhori
  Bukhori language
  Bukhori is a unique dialect of the Persian language spoken in Central Asia by the Bukharian Jews. Hence, a more descriptive name for the language might be Judæo-Persian or Judæo-Tajik....
  
  : Proletarhoi hamai çahon, jak şaveton! (Pětěm těnčeri proletarisem, pěrlešěr!) (Büteu duniyanı proletarları, birleşigiz!) (Stav muvyvsa proletarijjas, otuvtčoj!) (Čəla ėllase proletariy-vlak, ušnəza!) (Ӕppӕt bӕstӕty kusӕg adӕm, baiu ut!) (Bary dojdular proletarijdara, kholboḥuŋ!) (Barlıq illärneñ proletariları, berläşegez!) (Bügü čurttarnyŋ proletarijleri, kattyžyŋar!) (Van' stranaosys' proletarijyos, ogazeyas'ke!) (Proletarier fun ale lender, fareynikt zikh!)