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 ruble country Soviet Union
Soviet ruble legalTenderIn Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet ruble currencyOf Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Nazi Germany opponent Soviet Union
ETO belligerent Soviet Union
subject surface form: European Theater of Operations
Second Polish Republic borderedBy Soviet Union
SovietCivilians country Soviet Union
SovietPrisonersOfWar countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
this entity surface form: SovietUnion
book "Years of Upheaval" setting Soviet Union
subject surface form: Years of Upheaval
Uncle Joe associatedWith Soviet Union
Uncle Joe associatedWith Soviet Union
this entity surface form: USSR
Uncle Joe refersToCountryLed Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Marxism–Leninism associatedWith Soviet Union
Marxism–Leninism stateIdeologyOf Soviet Union
Kuntsevo Dacha country Soviet Union
Order of Lenin countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Order of Lenin highestAwardIn Soviet Union
Great Purge country Soviet Union
Eastern Bloc regimes alignedWith Soviet Union
Battle of Berlin belligerent Soviet Union
Battle of the Atlantic belligerent Soviet Union
Gulf War belligerent Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Union (diplomatic support for coalition)
Berlin Blockade countryInvolved Soviet Union
Berlin Blockade opponent Soviet Union
Luftbrücke opposedBy Soviet Union
Spanish Civil War sideSupportedBy Soviet Union
Iron Curtain associatedWith Soviet Union
Member States of the United Nations hasFormerMember Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Free French Forces alliedWith Soviet Union
Caucasus historicallyContestedBy Soviet Union
Red Army country Soviet Union
Red Army operatedBy Soviet Union