imperium

Example Sentences

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In Poland — a nation held captive in the totalitarian Soviet imperium for decades before leading the struggle to break those chains and rejoin Europe — ideas of heroism and sacrifice endured.

From New York Times

"Putin's view is that borders change," she added, "and so the borders of the old Russian imperium are still in play for Moscow to dominate now."

From Salon

Today’s public health imperium threatens to envelop everybody and everything, forever.

From Washington Post

Poland’s sensitivities to Russian aggression are particularly acute after it spent the postwar decades trapped in the totalitarian Soviet imperium, and its sentiments are widely shared in Central and Eastern Europe.

From New York Times

Poland, among other European states with experience of life in the Soviet imperium, expressed alarm.

From New York Times