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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Sukhoi PT-8 (prototype) countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Sukhoi PT-8
BMD‑3 infantry fighting vehicle countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: BMD‑3
54th Army country Soviet Union
Ilyushin countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Arkhip Lyulka countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Soviet military test units country Soviet Union
67th Army country Soviet Union
67th Army allegiance Soviet Union
Chinese Eastern Railway country Soviet Union
BTR‑D armored personnel carrier countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: BTR‑D
Soviet Athletics Federation country Soviet Union
1st Shock Army country Soviet Union
Halo countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Mil Mi-26
Lotarev D-136 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Dvorets Sovetov country Soviet Union
N1 lunar rocket program country Soviet Union
Smoktunovsky countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Innokenty Smoktunovsky
Mishin countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Vasily Mishin
Mishin countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Nikolai Mishin
Energia design bureau country Soviet Union
Beware of the Car countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Sukhoi PT-11 (prototype) countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Sukhoi PT-11
Soloviev Design Bureau country Soviet Union
Tupolev Tu-141 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Plant No. 124 Kazan country Soviet Union
Soviet Long-Range Aviation country Soviet Union
TB-7 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Sukhoi PT-12 (prototype) countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Sukhoi PT-12
Sukhoi PT-13 (prototype) countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Sukhoi PT-13
Sukhoi PT-14 (prototype) countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Sukhoi PT-14
Strelnikov means "shooter" or "marksman" in Russian countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Doctor Zhivago
April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi country Soviet Union
Sukhoi PT-15 (prototype) countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Sukhoi PT-15
Veniamin Kaverin citizenship Soviet Union
Veniamin Kaverin countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: The Two Captains
Anatoly Naiman countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
KRD-26 turbojet countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Luna 15 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Baranov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Yuri Baranov (athlete)