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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Kuzma Derevyanko represented Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Andrei Markov countryOfBirth Soviet Union
guberniyas (governorates) usedIn Soviet Union
subject surface form: guberniya
Soviet Central Front country Soviet Union
Soviet Central Front allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Crimean Conference country Soviet Union
Crimean Conference hostedBy Soviet Union
Crimean Conference negotiatingBloc Soviet Union
Lyudmila Putina countryOfBirth Soviet Union
Mikhail Kovalyov country Soviet Union
Mikhail Kovalyov allegiance Soviet Union
Berlin Crisis conflictBetween Soviet Union
Berlin Crisis involvedCountry Soviet Union
Unternehmen Zitadelle opposedBy Soviet Union
Soviet Voronezh Front country Soviet Union
subject surface form: Voronezh Front
Hans Jordan areaOfOperations Soviet Union
Sergei Kirov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Sergei Kirov placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Ivan Chernyakhovsky allegiance Soviet Union
Tania Chernova allegiance Soviet Union
Eureka participant Soviet Union
Lwów Polytechnic country Soviet Union
Andrei Zhdanov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Andrei Zhdanov placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Nikolai Yezhov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Nikolai Yezhov placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Nikolai Yezhov allegiance Soviet Union
Ivan Konev countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Alexei Kosygin countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Alexei Kosygin headOfGovernmentOf Soviet Union
Helmuth Weidling surrenderedTo Soviet Union
Operation Kutuzov country Soviet Union
Operation Kutuzov belligerent Soviet Union
Western Ukraine historicallyRuledBy Soviet Union
Soviet–Hungarian relations opponent Soviet Union
subject surface form: Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Soviet–Hungarian relations member Soviet Union
subject surface form: Warsaw Pact
Soviet–Hungarian relations member Soviet Union
subject surface form: Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Soviet–Hungarian relations participant Soviet Union
subject surface form: Soviet military intervention in Hungary in 1956
Reagan Doctrine opposedBy Soviet Union