Language in a USSR translation (7)

I believe the answer is:

russian

'language' is the definition.
(I know that Russian is a language)

'in a ussr translation' is the wordplay.
'translation' is an anagram indicator.
'in'+'a'+'ussr'='inaussr'
'inaussr' with letters rearranged gives 'RUSSIAN'.

(Other definitions for russian that I've seen before include "Eg, Moscow native" , "St Petersburg native" , "Type of salad, doll, roulette etc" , "Native of St Petersbourg, say" , "nationality" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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