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 Internal Troops country Soviet Union
Soviet Internal Troops allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Mikhail Piotrovsky countryOfBirth Soviet Union
People's Artist of the USSR country Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union country Soviet Union
Operation Ring country Soviet Union
Southwestern Front country Soviet Union
Stavka country Soviet Union
Stavka appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
middle Don River belligerentOnFront Soviet Union
Order of Glory country Soviet Union
People's Teacher of the USSR appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Medal for Courage countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Kollaa front opponent Soviet Union
Simo Häyhä opponent Soviet Union
RSFSR partOf Soviet Union
RSFSR wasLargestRepublicOf Soviet Union
RSFSR hadNuclearWeaponsControlledBy Soviet Union
RSFSR wasFoundingRepublicOf Soviet Union
Flag of the Russian SFSR usedIn Soviet Union
Olga Peters countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Svetlana Alliluyeva
Olga Peters countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Joseph Stalin
East Prussia dividedBetween Soviet Union
East Prussia wasAnnexedBy Soviet Union
Evgeni Malkin countryOfBirth Soviet Union
Allied Council for Japan hasMember Soviet Union
Battle of the Don Bend belligerent Soviet Union
Nikolai Ryzhkov headOfGovernment Soviet Union
Maxim Litvinov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Maxim Litvinov placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Battle of Kiev (1941) location Soviet Union