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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The Bedbug countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
The Bathhouse countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Lilya Brik countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
ROSTA (Russian Telegraph Agency) country Soviet Union
subject surface form: ROSTA
Alexey Fedorov country Soviet Union
Alexey Fedorov citizenship Soviet Union
Luna 21 (flyby imaging context) countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Luna 21
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (through Yuri Andropov) country Soviet Union
subject surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Świerczewski countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Karol Świerczewski
Kalinin (Tver) NKVD prison country Soviet Union
Kharkiv NKVD prison country Soviet Union
Marčiulionis countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Song about a Friend countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Capricious Horses countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Hunting for Wolves countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
The Ballad of Love countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Soviet bard movement country Soviet Union
Chuvash ASSR country Soviet Union
SS-4 Sandal countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
OKB-586 country Soviet Union
Udmurt ASSR country Soviet Union
Bashkir Latin alphabet country Soviet Union
Mikhail Graev countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
IL-76 aircraft countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Ilyushin Il-76
Firsov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Anatoli Firsov
AN32 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Viktor Kozlov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Alexei Kovalev countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Akmal Ikramov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Soviet military tribunals country Soviet Union
Mingrelian Affair country Soviet Union
Ivan Boldin country Soviet Union
Ivan Boldin citizenship Soviet Union
Kremlin doctors country Soviet Union
Dr. Petrov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union