Soviet Union

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

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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

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Sima Marković placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Trial of the Seventeen country Soviet Union
Khorol country Soviet Union
Soviet 52nd Army country Soviet Union
Kingissepa country Soviet Union
Ignaty Novikov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Luna 12 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
On the Golden Porch countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Ilyushin Il-14 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Heart of a Dog countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
The White Guard countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Flight countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Days of the Turbins countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Sergei Bodrov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Soviet 54th Army country Soviet Union
Valentina Khrushcheva country Soviet Union
subject surface form: Nikita Khrushchev
Luna 14 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Mikhail Khozin countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Riga Offensive belligerent Soviet Union
Gayaz Iskhaki countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Musa Jalil countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Zima Junction countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
The Bratsk Station countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Wild Berries countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Luna 4 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
28th Soviet Army country Soviet Union
Yesenin countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Sergei Yesenin
Vladimir Vasiliev citizenship Soviet Union
V-54 diesel engine countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Klimov RD-45 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Slutsky countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Abram Slutsky
Soviet 39th Army country Soviet Union