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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Bolesław Bierut alliedWith Soviet Union
2nd Polish Army alliedWith Soviet Union
2nd Polish Army usedEquipmentFrom Soviet Union
Katyn massacre perpetrator Soviet Union
Katyn massacre countryAtTime Soviet Union
Katyn massacre coverUpBy Soviet Union
Katyn massacre officialAdmissionBy Soviet Union
Petsamo, Finland cededTo Soviet Union
Petsamo, Finland bordered Soviet Union
Viet Cong supportedBy Soviet Union
Easter Offensive supportedBy Soviet Union
Order of Suvorov country Soviet Union
Order of Suvorov jurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: USSR
Moldova independenceFrom Soviet Union
East Germany occupiedBy Soviet Union
East Germany influencedBy Soviet Union
East Berlin controlledBy Soviet Union
East Berlin occupiedBy Soviet Union
Operation Anadyr country Soviet Union
Operation Anadyr plannedBy Soviet Union
Operation Anadyr hasParticipant Soviet Union
Kim Jong Il placeOfBirth Soviet Union
Alliluyeva countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Nadezhda Alliluyeva
American sector of Berlin opposedBy Soviet Union
Kim Man-il placeOfBirth Soviet Union
The Jews of Silence setting Soviet Union
Kuril Islands wasControlledBy Soviet Union
Luna 1 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Luna 1 operator Soviet Union
Luna 2 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Trial of the Twenty-One country Soviet Union
Azerbaijan formerMemberOf Soviet Union
Azerbaijan independenceRestoredFrom Soviet Union
Council of People's Commissars appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
2nd Belorussian Front country Soviet Union
Luna 10 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Luna 10 launchCountry Soviet Union
Soviet Championship League country Soviet Union