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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Don Cossack forces enemyOf Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Russia
Army Group South opponent Soviet Union
Kitchen Debate countryInvolved Soviet Union
Kitchen Debate tookPlaceInCountry Soviet Union
Ivan Kozhedub countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Ivan Kozhedub allegiance Soviet Union
PZPR alliedWith Soviet Union
subject surface form: Polish United Workers' Party
Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact signatory Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Yevgeny Vuchetich placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Imre Nagy opposedBy Soviet Union
Operation Rumyantsev belligerent Soviet Union
Operation Rumyantsev country Soviet Union
Lev Kuleshov deathPlace Soviet Union
Lev Kuleshov citizenship Soviet Union
Soviet Air Defense Forces country Soviet Union
Guomin Gemingjun alliedWith Soviet Union
PKWN supportedBy Soviet Union
PKWN recognizedBy Soviet Union
Allied merchant shipping usedBy Soviet Union
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project country Soviet Union
Nicaraguan Revolution supportFrom Soviet Union
Ethiopian Civil War supportedBy Soviet Union
Only One Year countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Only One Year narrativeLocation Soviet Union
Cominform countryDominating Soviet Union
Cominform foundedBy Soviet Union
Allied forces includedCountry Soviet Union
Allied forces majorMember Soviet Union
Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union) country Soviet Union