Soviet people
The Soviet people (Russian: сове́тский наро́д, romanized: sovetsky narod) was the demonym introduced in the ideology of the Soviet Union as the "new historical unity of peoples of different nationalities" (новая историческая общность людей различных национальностей) in reference to the citizens of the Soviet Union. == Nationality policy in the Soviet Union == During the history of the Soviet Union, different doctrines and practices on ethnic distinctions within the Soviet population were applied at different times.