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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Order of Ushakov country Soviet Union
Gorshkov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Sergey Gorshkov
Gorshkov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Aleksandr Gorshkov
Convoy PQ 17 country Soviet Union
R-8 missiles countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: R-8 missile
N. Shurygina countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Ethiopian socialism supportedBy Soviet Union
Rita Ustinovich countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Kamov Ka-29 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
R-98 missiles countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: R-98
Alla Demidova countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Ilya Ehrenburg countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Ilya Ehrenburg placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Lev Shvarts countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Lev Shvarts citizenship Soviet Union
Yury Usachov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Tamara Motyleva countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Mother (1956 film)
Aleksei Kruchyonykh citizenship Soviet Union
Michurin countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Semyon Bogdanov country Soviet Union
Semyon Bogdanov allegiance Soviet Union
Natalia Dudinskaya citizenship Soviet Union
Fedorino gore countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Ivan Bezdomny countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Pugacheva countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Alla Pugacheva
Million Roses countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
The Woman Who Sings countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Iceberg countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Maestro countryOfOrigin Soviet Union