Soviet government

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central government communist government government one-party state government

The Soviet government was the central governing authority of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), overseeing its political, economic, and military systems under a one-party communist regime.

Aliases (11)

Government of the Soviet Union ×11
Soviet authorities ×11
government of the Soviet Union ×3
Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ×2
USSR government ×2
Mikhail Gorbachev government ×1
Soviet delegation ×1
Soviet government under Joseph Stalin ×1
Soviet political leadership ×1
government of Soviet Russia ×1
government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ×1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central government → communist government → government → one-party state government →
airForceBranch	Soviet Air Forces →
armyBranch	Red Army →
capital	Moscow →
censorshipPolicy	state censorship →
claimedSuccessorState	Russian Federation government →
constitution	1924 Soviet Constitution → 1936 Soviet Constitution → 1977 Soviet Constitution →
continent	Eurasia →
country	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics →
countryGoverned	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics →
currency	Soviet ruble →
dominantReligionPolicy	state atheism →
economicPlanningBody	Gosplan →
economicSystem	planned economy → state socialism →
endTime	1991 →
establishedAs	government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic →
executiveBody	Council of Ministers of the USSR → Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR →
foreignPolicyDoctrine	proletarian internationalism → socialism in one country →
foundingEvent	October Revolution →
governedTerritoryType	federal socialist republic →
headOfGovernmentTitle	Chairman of the Council of Ministers →
headOfStateTitle	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet →
ideology	Marxism–Leninism →
interiorMinistry	Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR →
judicialBody	Supreme Court of the USSR →
legislativeBody	Supreme Soviet of the USSR →
memberOf	United Nations →
militaryAlliance	Warsaw Pact →
militaryForce	Soviet Armed Forces →
navyBranch	Soviet Navy →
officialLanguage	Russian →
officialName	Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics →
permanentUNSCMember	true →
politicalSystem	one-party socialist state →
propagandaOrgan	Agitprop →
reorganizationDate	1922 →
reorganizedAs	government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics →
rulingParty	Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
securityAgency	Cheka → KGB → NKVD →
shortName	USSR government →
spaceAgency	Soviet space program →
startTime	1917 →
stateSecurityMinistry	Ministry of State Security of the USSR →
tradeUnionCenter	All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions →
youthOrganization	Komsomol →

Referenced by (76)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Boris Pugo ("Government of the Soviet Union") → Felix Dzerzhinsky → Gennady Yanayev ("Government of the Soviet Union") → Mikhail Frunze → Nikolai Bulganin ("Government of the Soviet Union") → Nikolai Tikhonov ("Government of the Soviet Union") → Pavel Postyshev ("government of the Soviet Union") → Valentin Pavlov ("Government of the Soviet Union") → Vyacheslav Molotov ("Government of the Soviet Union") →	employer
Council of People's Commissars ("government of Soviet Russia") → Council of People's Commissars ("government of the Soviet Union") → Dmitry Yazov ("Soviet political leadership") → MGB → MVD → NKGB → Narkom natsionalnostei → People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR →	partOf
Chief of the Soviet Civil Defense → Gosplan → Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union → Soviet armed forces →	subordinateTo
Decree on Land → New Economic Policy → Perestroika →	implementedBy
Moscow Peace Treaty → Reagan–Gorbachev summits → SALT I ("Soviet delegation") →	negotiatedBy
Mikheil Javakhishvili ("Soviet authorities") → Polish Underground State ("Soviet authorities") → Volga Germans ("Soviet authorities") →	persecutedBy
Andrei Zhdanov → Sergei Kamenev →	affiliation
Gennady Yanayev → Gorki, Moscow Oblast →	associatedWith
Medal for Labour Valour ("USSR government") → Red Terror →	usedBy
Wilno Voivodeship ("Soviet authorities") →	abolishedBy
Red Army →	allegiance
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union →	alsoKnownAs
Order of Lenin →	awardedBy
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" →	awardingBody
President of the Soviet Union ("Government of the Soviet Union") →	category
October: Ten Days That Shook the World →	commissionedBy
Madrid Conference of 1991 ("Mikhail Gorbachev government") →	coSponsoredBy
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour ("Soviet authorities") →	demolishedBy
Volga Germans ("Soviet government under Joseph Stalin") →	deportedBy
Biological Weapons Convention ("Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics") →	depository
Elisavetpol Governorate ("Soviet authorities") →	dissolvedBy
Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces →	establishedBy
Gosplan →	foundedBy
Decree on Peace →	government
Alexander Solzhenitsyn ("Soviet authorities") →	imprisonedBy
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks →	initiatedBy
Czech–Egyptian arms deal of 1955 →	involvedParty
GPU →	loyalty
Soviet space program →	managedBy
Head of Government of the Soviet Union →	officeHolderLeads
Soviet government ("Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics") →	officialName
Gulag system →	operatedBy
Antonovshchina →	opposedBy
White Terror (Russian Civil War) →	opposedTo
Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush (1944) →	organisedBy
Soviet Union Pavilion ("Government of the Soviet Union") →	organizer
State Bank of the USSR ("Government of the Soviet Union") →	owner
Cheka →	parentOrganization
Polish deportees in the USSR ("Soviet authorities") →	perpetrator
Stalin Prize ("Government of the Soviet Union") →	presentedBy
Orenburg Cossack forces ("Soviet authorities") →	primaryEnemy
Lev Kamenev ("Soviet authorities") →	rehabilitatedBy
Soviet government ("government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics") →	reorganizedAs
Don Cossack forces ("Soviet authorities") →	repressedBy
Head of Government of the Soviet Union ("government of the Soviet Union") →	roleIn
Soviet government ("USSR government") →	shortName
Czechoslovak–Soviet Treaty of 1943 ("Government of the Soviet Union") →	signedFor
Soviet Arctic expeditions →	sponsor
NII-88 →	supervisingAgency