pan-post-Soviet UK /ˌpæn(ˌ)pəʊstˈsəʊvi.ət/US /ˌpæn(ˌ)poʊstˈsoʊvi.ət/ adjective1 •Spanning all or most of the region which was once part of the Soviet Union, especially in reference to the post-Soviet countries (countries which were once part of the Soviet Union).