Talk:Abyss Code 02: Blind Conformity/@comment-5.164.207.35-20160410083117/@comment-1465604-20160411150618

Soviet Russia is not redundant at all, because it was the proper name for an empire for 74 years. Soviet Russia is separate and different from Russia (both before and after the Soviet period). It's kind of like the difference between (ancient) England and the United Kingdom, except in reverse (the UK exists to this day, Soviet Russia is no more).

"The Russian" doesn't roll any more off the tongue than "Soviet Russia", not does "The Soviet". All you're changing is the number of syllables (one less).