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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Supreme Commander-in-Chief appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
subject surface form: Supreme Commander-in-Chief (Soviet Union)
R-11 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
R-11 developedBy Soviet Union
R-300 Elbrus countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Viktor Petrenko former nationality Soviet Union
Viktor Petrenko represented Soviet Union
Third Battle of Kharkov location Soviet Union
Panjsher offensives countryInvolved Soviet Union
Mohammad Najibullah supportedBy Soviet Union
Andrei Vyshinsky represented Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Union at the United Nations
T-72M1 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Soviet Border Troops country Soviet Union
Nato Vachnadze countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Nato Vachnadze residence Soviet Union
Svanidze family countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Alexander Svanidze
Beria period of the NKVD country Soviet Union
Moscow Declaration signedInCountry Soviet Union
Moscow Declaration signatoryCountry Soviet Union
Declaration on Italy issuer Soviet Union
Declaration on Atrocities signedBy Soviet Union
Moscow Canal constructedBy Soviet Union
NSC 10/2 directive aimedAt Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Czechoslovak StB alignedWith Soviet Union
Polish–Soviet relations country2 Soviet Union
Afghan mujahideen opposedTo Soviet Union
Mahaz-e Milli opposedTo Soviet Union
Geneva Accords of 1988 guarantor Soviet Union
Merab Kostava countryOfBirth Soviet Union
Merab Kostava countryOfDeath Soviet Union