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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Helmuth von Pannwitz placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Nikolai Erdman countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Vladimir Vinogradov (mayor of Moscow) countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Vladimir Vinogradov
Nikolayeva countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Tatiana Nikolayeva
Alexander Chizhevsky placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Aeroflot Flight 500 country Soviet Union
9th Mechanized Corps country Soviet Union
15th Mechanized Corps country Soviet Union
Pantelei Melekhov countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Natanson countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Isidor Natanson
OKB-36 (Kolesov) country Soviet Union
RD-36-51A countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
19th Mechanized Corps country Soviet Union
Luna Ye-8 series countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
22nd Mechanized Corps country Soviet Union
22nd Mechanized Corps allegiance Soviet Union
Mars 6 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Demyan Bedny countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Salyut 2 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
VVER-440 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Kolesov design bureau country Soviet Union
Luna 13 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
RD-0107 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Block I stage countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Luna E-3 series countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Luna E-3 series countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Luna 3
Anatoly Grigoriev in Bridge of Spies country Soviet Union
subject surface form: Anatoly Grigoriev (Bridge of Spies)
Soloviev D-25V countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Salyut 3 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Hook countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Mil Mi-6
Mi-22 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Madona Offensive belligerent Soviet Union
Madona Offensive countryInvolved Soviet Union
Hube pocket belligerent Soviet Union
Voskhod 1 country Soviet Union