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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Army Group A operationArea Soviet Union
Crimean campaign belligerent Soviet Union
Crimean campaign involvedCountry Soviet Union
Angolan Civil War mainBelligerent Soviet Union
Space Race hasParticipant Soviet Union
Space Race countryWithEarlyLead Soviet Union
4th Army engagedAgainst Soviet Union
Arnold Koop countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Leninism associatedWith Soviet Union
1980 Summer Olympics country Soviet Union
1980 Summer Olympics hostNation Soviet Union
Polish Workers' Party alliedWith Soviet Union
Svetlana Khodchenkova placeOfBirth Soviet Union
Order of the Red Banner of Labour usedBy Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Karaganda wasPartOf Soviet Union
Aral Sea partOf Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Union (as basin region before 1991)
Soviet partisans country Soviet Union
SNP supportedBy Soviet Union
subject surface form: Slovak National Uprising
5th Army (Red Army) country Soviet Union
5th Army (Red Army) allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Israel Gelfand countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
LWP usedEquipmentFrom Soviet Union
LWP alignedWith Soviet Union
Cossacks associatedWithState Soviet Union
Cuban military interventions in Africa supportedBy Soviet Union
subject surface form: Cuban intervention in Angola
Cuban military interventions in Africa supportedBy Soviet Union
subject surface form: Cuban intervention in Ethiopia
Aleksei Vinogradov citizenship Soviet Union
Aleksei Vinogradov country Soviet Union
Olga Korbut popularized women’s artistic gymnastics worldwide countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Olga Korbut
Olga Korbut popularized women’s artistic gymnastics worldwide placeOfBirth Soviet Union
subject surface form: Olga Korbut
Brezhnev Doctrine countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Olga Korbut countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union