Soyuz

Russian & Ukrainian word for "union"

Soyuz is a transliteration of the Cyrillic text Союз (Russian and Ukrainian, 'Union'). It can refer to any union, such as a trade union (profsoyuz) or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик, Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik). As terminological shorthand "soyuz" by itself was often used interchangeably with each of the slightly longer terms Сове́тский Сою́з (Sovetskiy Soyuz, 'Soviet Union'). It was also a shorthand for the citizenry as a whole.

Soyuz is also the designated name of various projects the country commissioned during the Space Race.

Space program uses

Soyuz programme, a human spaceflight program initiated by the Soviet Union, continued by the Russian Federation
Soyuz (spacecraft), used in that program
Soyuz (rocket), initially used to launch that spacecraft
Soyuz (rocket family), derivatives of that rocket design
Soyuz Launch Complex in Kourou, French Guiana

Other Soviet/Russian/Ukrainian uses

SS Albert Ballin, a 1922 German-built ship recovered and renamed Soyuz by the USSR
Sovetsky Soyuz-class battleship, an aborted ship construction program, 1938–1941
Sovetsky Soyuz, a propaganda magazine published by the Soviet Union, beginning in 1956
Soyuz Station, a base established in 1982 by members of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions in Mac. Robertson Land
Studio Soyuz [ru], a Moscow-based media company, founded in 1988
Soyuz (faction) in the Congress of Soviets, 1990–1991
Soyuz (political party), a political party in Ukraine, established in 1997