They traveled in the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe,the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

There's another sample which is in Russia, part of the former Soviet Union, where there are samples that were stored.

另一个样本在俄罗斯,前苏联的一部分,那也有储存的样本

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

One is Dubna in the former Soviet Union in Russia, one is in Darmstadt in Germany and the third one is in the United States in Berkeley.

一个是在杜布纳，位于前苏联的俄国，一个在德国的达姆施塔特,第三个是在美国的伯克利。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Mr.Medvedev was asked whether he had given Mr.Obama advice on Afghanistan, which the former Soviet Union had invaded in 1979 with disastrous results.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

The reason the mafia thrives in countries where it's hard to write legal contracts-- let's say some new parts of the former Soviet Union or some parts of Africa the reason the mafia thrives in those environments, is that it substitutes for the law and enforces both legal and illegal contracts.

黑恶势力在那些,书面协议不受保护国家不断壮大,比如前苏联新成员国 或者非洲,为什么黑恶势力在这些地方发展壮大,因为这是法律强制力的补充,它维系所有合同,不管是不是合法的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The moon landing was seen as the high point of a U.S.space program fueled by a decade-long space race with the former Soviet Union.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

He says reporting in the former Soviet Union can be an occupational hazard.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

While about a million Jews have immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union, only a few have been willing to leave behind the affluence of America and Europe.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

Twenty years ago, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development was created to help former communist countries after the fall of the Soviet Union.

VOA: special.2011.05.27

Poland and other former Soviet satellite states say however that the invasion came after Soviet Union leader Josef Stalin reached an agreement with Germany that included dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01