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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Hero Fortress countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
OKB-456 country Soviet Union
RD-0109 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Valery Chkalov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
North Caucasus Krai country Soviet Union
New Union Treaty country Soviet Union
Soviet radio country Soviet Union
Romm citizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Mikhail Romm
Lenin in October countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Ordinary Fascism countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Dream countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Dream (film)
The Radiant Path countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
3rd Tank Army country Soviet Union
Antonina Maksimova countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Ballad of a Soldier
Mikhail Papava countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Mikhail Papava countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Ivan's Childhood
Igor Chernykh countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Valentina Mironova countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Fyodor Sukhov countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Battle of the Don River belligerent Soviet Union
Isaac Schwartz countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Marina Klimova countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Moldavian ASSR country Soviet Union
Stalino Oblast country Soviet Union
Pavel Popovich countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Shcheglovsk country Soviet Union
Anatoly Solonitsyn citizenship Soviet Union
Yevgeny Leonov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Praskovya countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Praskovya Angelina
SSR Georgia country Soviet Union
I. A. Bykova countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Energia rocket countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Energia
Uralmash Sverdlovsk country Soviet Union