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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21st Army (Red Army) country Soviet Union
21st Army (Red Army) allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
57th Army (Red Army) country Soviet Union
57th Army (Red Army) allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
SED alignedWith Soviet Union
Walter Ulbricht exileIn Soviet Union
Solovki prison camp country Soviet Union
Tupolev Tu-2 bomber countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-2
Lenin Prize countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Lenin Prize locationCountry Soviet Union
Battle of Odessa (1941) hasLocation Soviet Union
Battle of Odessa (1941) belligerent Soviet Union
Battle of Odessa (1941) defender Soviet Union
CIS predecessor Soviet Union
subject surface form: Commonwealth of Independent States
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
6th Army (Red Army) country Soviet Union
6th Army (Red Army) belligerentSide Soviet Union
6th Army (Red Army) garrisonCountry Soviet Union
6th Army (Red Army) usedBy Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
26th Army (Red Army) country Soviet Union
26th Army (Red Army) allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Aswan High Dam mainForeignPartner Soviet Union
Alexander Dubček opposedBy Soviet Union
East German National People's Army (logistical support) equipmentSource Soviet Union
subject surface form: East German National People's Army
CSCE Final Act involvedParty Soviet Union
Declaration No. 142-Н of the Soviet of Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
38th Army (Red Army) country Soviet Union
38th Army (Red Army) allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Upper Silesian Offensive combatant Soviet Union
Norilsk camps country Soviet Union
Tupolev Tu-4 bomber countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-4
Anatole Litvak citizenship Soviet Union