Soviet Union

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federal state former sovereign state socialist state superpower

The Soviet Union was a socialist superpower that dominated Eastern Europe and led the communist bloc during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (44)

Label Occurrences
Soviet Union canonical 6,410
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 184
USSR 48

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal state ⓘ
former sovereign state ⓘ
socialist state ⓘ
superpower ⓘ
blocLeadership leader of the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
leader of the communist bloc ⓘ
capital Moscow ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
countryCode SU ⓘ
currency Soviet ruble ⓘ
dateDissolved 1991-12-26 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1922-12-30 ⓘ
dissolutionCause political reforms and nationalist movements ⓘ
dominantReligionPolicy state atheism ⓘ
economicSystem planned economy ⓘ
executiveBody Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ
foundedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Bolsheviks
governmentForm one-party socialist republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Premier of the Soviet Union ⓘ
headOfStateTitle General Secretary of the Communist Party ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
Interwar period ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
judicialBody Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
largestCity Moscow ⓘ
lastLeader Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
legislature Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
memberOf United Nations ⓘ
Warsaw Pact ⓘ
militaryAlliance Warsaw Pact ⓘ
multiNationalState true ⓘ
nativeName Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик
notableAchievement first artificial Earth satellite Sputnik 1 ⓘ
first human in space Yuri Gagarin ⓘ
notableLeader Joseph Stalin ⓘ
Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ
Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
numberOfUnionRepublicsAtDissolution 15 ⓘ
officialLanguage Russian ⓘ
officialName Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
opposedTo NATO ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
participatedIn World War II ⓘ
permanentUNSCMember true ⓘ
populationPeakApprox over 290 million ⓘ
precededBy Russian Empire ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
rulingParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
securityAgency KGB ⓘ
shortName Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: USSR
sideInWorldWarII Allies ⓘ
spaceProgram Soviet space program ⓘ
statusDuringColdWar superpower ⓘ
succeededBy Baltic states ⓘ
Belarus ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation

Ukraine ⓘ
other post-Soviet states ⓘ
territoryCharacteristic largest country in the world by area during its existence ⓘ

Referenced by (6,744)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yalta Conference → country → Soviet Union ⓘ
Yalta Conference → hasParticipant → Soviet Union ⓘ
Yalta Conference → negotiatingParty → Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet government under Stalin
Marshall Plan → opposedBy → Soviet Union ⓘ
Marshall Plan → rejectedBy → Soviet Union ⓘ
Joseph Stalin → countryOfCitizenship → Soviet Union ⓘ
Joseph Stalin → leaderOf → Soviet Union ⓘ
Berlin Airlift → opposedBy → Soviet Union ⓘ
European theatre of World War II → involvedCountry → Soviet Union ⓘ
Pacific War → belligerent → Soviet Union ⓘ
Eastern Front → location → Soviet Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Eastern Front → belligerent → Soviet Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Invasion of Poland → hasParticipant → Soviet Union ⓘ
Invasion of Poland → belligerent → Soviet Union ⓘ
containment → opposedActor → Soviet Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Containment
Soviet Union → officialName → Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet Union → shortName → Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: USSR
Soviet Union → nativeName → Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик
Battle of Stalingrad → location → Soviet Union ⓘ
Battle of Stalingrad → countryInvolved → Soviet Union ⓘ
Battle of Stalingrad → belligerent → Soviet Union ⓘ
Nuremberg trials → organizedBy → Soviet Union ⓘ
Potsdam Conference → hasParticipant → Soviet Union ⓘ
Winter War → location → Soviet Union ⓘ
Winter War → belligerent → Soviet Union ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → belligerent → Soviet Union ⓘ
Allies of World War II → included → Soviet Union ⓘ
Allies of World War II → majorMembers → Soviet Union ⓘ
AuschwitzBirkenau → liberatedBy → Soviet Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau
Tehran Conference → hasParticipant → Soviet Union ⓘ
Korean War → belligerent → Soviet Union ⓘ
Korean War → supportedBy → Soviet Union ⓘ
Crimea → wasPartOf → Soviet Union ⓘ
Crimea → YaltaConferenceParticipants → Soviet Union ⓘ
Churchill government → alliance → Soviet Union ⓘ
Volodymyr Zelenskyy → countryOfBirth → Soviet Union ⓘ
ERP → excludedCountry → Soviet Union ⓘ
West Germany → opposedTo → Soviet Union ⓘ
Cold War → hasMainBelligerent → Soviet Union ⓘ
St. Petersburg → capitalOf → Soviet Union ⓘ
Hero of Socialist Labour → countryOfOrigin → Soviet Union ⓘ
Hero of Socialist Labour → appliesToJurisdiction → Soviet Union ⓘ
Allied occupation of Germany → occupyingPower → Soviet Union ⓘ
Contact → settingLocation → Soviet Union ⓘ
General Secretary of the Communist Party → country → Soviet Union ⓘ
subject surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Communist Party → appliesToJurisdiction → Soviet Union ⓘ
subject surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
General Secretary of the Communist Party → countryLeaderOf → Soviet Union ⓘ
subject surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union → country → Soviet Union ⓘ
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union → jurisdiction → Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union → appliesToJurisdiction → Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: USSR