World IN BRIEF : SOVIET UNION : New Name May Be in Store for Nation
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Soviet Union probably will change its name to the Federation of Sovereign States, an aide to President Mikhail S. Gorbachev said. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics must change its name because many of its 15 republics have dropped the words “Soviet” and “Socialist” from their own names, said Grigory Revenko, a presidential aide.
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