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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Battle of Shumshu countryInvolved Soviet Union
Battle of Shumshu belligerent Soviet Union
Trial on the Road countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Rosengolts countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Arkady Rosengolts
1989 Moscow Crusade country Soviet Union
Strugatsky countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Arkady Strugatsky
Strugatsky countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Boris Strugatsky
Strugatsky countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Strugatsky countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Roadside Picnic
The Ugly Swans countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
The Doomed City countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Noon Universe setting countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Noon Universe
Aelita Prize countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Snail on the Slope countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Far Rainbow countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Space Mowgli countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Delta countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Delta-class submarine
Delta countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Delta I-class submarine
Delta countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Delta II-class submarine
Delta countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Delta III-class submarine
Delta countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Delta IV-class submarine
Maria Timofeyeva countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: The Cranes Are Flying
Proton countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
GOELRO Commission country Soviet Union
Ploshchad Sverdlova country Soviet Union
Ivan Managarov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Alla Osipenko citizenship Soviet Union
Bela Kun countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Béla Kun
Bela Kun placeOfDeath Soviet Union
subject surface form: Béla Kun
R-12 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
8K63 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Skean countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
R-14 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Requiem countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Poem Without a Hero countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Nikolai Punin countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Varlam countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Varlam Shalamov