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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Battle of Uman countryInvolved Soviet Union
Tripartite Aggression opposedBy Soviet Union
Velikiye Luki offensive belligerent Soviet Union
Velikiye Luki offensive country Soviet Union
Boris Pugo countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Baltic offensive (1944) belligerent Soviet Union
Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-144
Road of Life country Soviet Union
Road of Life usedBy Soviet Union
Lydia Ivanova countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Voskhod spacecraft countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
9th Army (Wehrmacht) opponent Soviet Union
Sino-Vietnamese War supportedBy Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Union (for Vietnam)
Summa, Karelian Isthmus country Soviet Union
Anatoly Lukyanov countryOfBirth Soviet Union
General of the Army isUsedByCountry Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Union (historical)
Bukhara, Uzbekistan partOf Soviet Union
subject surface form: Bukhara
9th Army (Red Army) country Soviet Union
9th Army (Red Army) allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Polesie Voivodeship borderedBy Soviet Union
Zygmunt Berling alignedWith Soviet Union
Bridge of Spies setInCountry Soviet Union
Lake Ladoga ice road countryAtTime Soviet Union
Oleg Baklanov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Tupolev Tu-134 airliner countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-134
Nadezhda Vasilyeva countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Joseph Stalin
Nadezhda Vasilyeva countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Vasily Stalin
Rocky IV setting Soviet Union
Aggregat 4 capturedBy Soviet Union
VVS country Soviet Union
VVS operatedBy Soviet Union
Long-Range Aviation country Soviet Union
Frontal Aviation country Soviet Union
Military Transport Aviation country Soviet Union
German 1st Panzer Army opponent Soviet Union
Arado Ar 196 seaplane usedBy Soviet Union
subject surface form: Arado Ar 196
this entity surface form: Soviet Union (captured)
German 17th Army opponent Soviet Union
Yakov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Yakov Dzhugashvili