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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Soviet Championship League region Soviet Union
United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) abstainingState Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
CSKA Moscow origin Soviet Union
International Hockey League regionServed Soviet Union
this entity surface form: former Soviet Union
War of Attrition supporterOfEgypt Soviet Union
Georgia independenceRestoredFrom Soviet Union
Hero of the Soviet Union country Soviet Union
Hero of the Soviet Union appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Yom Kippur War supportedBy Soviet Union
Antarctic Treaty initialSignatory Soviet Union
North Yemen Civil War supportedBy Soviet Union
MiG-29 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
military collegium country Soviet Union
subject surface form: Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR
communism historicallyImplementedIn Soviet Union
Ingrian Finns traditionalCountry Soviet Union
163rd Rifle Division country Soviet Union
163rd Rifle Division allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Powers incident countryInvolved Soviet Union
Francis Gary Powers capturedBy Soviet Union
Francis Gary Powers convictedBy Soviet Union
S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: S-75 Dvina
S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile designedBy Soviet Union
subject surface form: S-75 Dvina
East Prussian Offensive belligerent Soviet Union
Cambodian Civil War hasParticipant Soviet Union
Northern Expedition allies Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Union (advisory support)
Mi-24 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Mil Mi-24
Treaty of Paris 1947 countrySignatory Soviet Union
subject surface form: Treaty of Paris (1947)
Solidarity movement opposedBy Soviet Union
subject surface form: Solidarity
Semyon Timoshenko allegiance Soviet Union
Układ Warszawski countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Układ Warszawski hasMember Soviet Union
Układ Warszawski foundedBy Soviet Union
Suomussalmi combatantsInvolved Soviet Union
44th Rifle Division country Soviet Union
Paris Summit of 1960 hasParticipant Soviet Union
Paris Summit of 1960 hasRelatedCountry Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics