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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Yakov allegiance Soviet Union
subject surface form: Yakov Dzhugashvili
PCC streetcar usedIn Soviet Union
SDI opponentCountry Soviet Union
subject surface form: Strategic Defense Initiative
Nâzim Hikmet countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Nâzim Hikmet placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Nâzim Hikmet placeOfExile Soviet Union
Vladimir Kuts countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Vladimir Kuts trainingLocation Soviet Union
Kollaa River belligerent Soviet Union
Boris Shakhlin countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Boris Shakhlin countryRepresented Soviet Union
Afghan conflicts mainBelligerent Soviet Union
Afghan conflicts involves Soviet Union
Sergei Kamenev countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Czechoslovak Air Force operatedIn Soviet Union
Boris Pasternak countryOfDeath Soviet Union
Boris Pasternak citizenship Soviet Union
Vyazma pocket location Soviet Union
Vyazma pocket belligerent Soviet Union
Vyazma pocket countryInvolved Soviet Union
Pik Pobedy firstAscentFromCountry Soviet Union
Soviet Union national ice hockey team governingCountry Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet Union national ice hockey team jerseyInscription Soviet Union
this entity surface form: CCCP
Geneva Accords signatory Soviet Union
Central Front country Soviet Union
322nd Rifle Division country Soviet Union
322nd Rifle Division allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Andrei Kolmogorov placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Bryansk pocket location Soviet Union
Bryansk pocket countryInvolved Soviet Union
Enrique Líster wentIntoExileIn Soviet Union
Baltic Way politicalContext Soviet Union
Nikita hasCulturalAssociation Soviet Union
Progress spacecraft countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Mir program country Soviet Union
Hallstein Doctrine exception Soviet Union
Wandel durch Annäherung appliesTo Soviet Union
Kresy annexedBy Soviet Union
Kresy borderedBy Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Union (interwar period)
Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism during Soviet era country Soviet Union
subject surface form: Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism
R-7 Semyorka rocket countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: R-7 Semyorka
Fieseler Fi 103 studiedBy Soviet Union