But never before has a large-scale Soviet company attempted to achieve economic self-sufficiency.

The results were encouraging and the plant became the model for a system adopted by virtually all Soviet companies in the last two years.

The Soviet companies that ordered the crystals will pay for them, Tass said.

No one would mistake the Bolshoi for anything but a Soviet company.

The auto maker will be the first major Soviet company to sell a large stake to foreigners.

The fund will invest from $400 million to $1 billion in Soviet companies.

In Glasgow recently, two productions were running at the same time, one by a young Soviet company.

Only selected Soviet companies have been allowed to bid at the country's foreign-currency auctions so far.

Until now, a Soviet company, Inaudit, has had a monopoly on this business.

Vneshconsult is one of the few already authorized to audit Soviet companies.