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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Soyuz spacecraft countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Georgi Dimitrov placeOfDeath Soviet Union
BCP politicalSystemInfluence Soviet Union
subject surface form: Bulgarian Communist Party
SVT-40 rifle countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: SVT-40
Soviet–Hungarian War belligerent Soviet Union
R-17 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Mikhail Kirponos country Soviet Union
Mikhail Kirponos citizenship Soviet Union
Mikhail Kirponos allegiance Soviet Union
1956 Winter Olympics debutNation Soviet Union
Vladimir Vernadsky placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Sergei Kapitsa countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Bukovina historicallyPartOf Soviet Union
Polish forces alliedWith Soviet Union
16th Army opponentCountry Soviet Union
107th Rifle Division country Soviet Union
107th Rifle Division allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: USSR
Sputnik 1 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Sputnik 1 operator Soviet Union
Sputnik 1 launchedBy Soviet Union
Sputnik 2 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Sputnik 2 operator Soviet Union
Alexander Rutskoy placeOfBirth Soviet Union
Leningrad country Soviet Union
Leningrad partOf Soviet Union
this entity surface form: USSR
Southern Kingdom recognizedBy Soviet Union
9th Army opponent Soviet Union
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Proton rocket developedBy Soviet Union
100th Rifle Division country Soviet Union
100th Rifle Division allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Poland–Soviet Union non-aggression pact signatory Soviet Union
this entity surface form: USSR
Western Belarus wasAnnexedBy Soviet Union
Western Belarus wasPartOf Soviet Union
this entity surface form: USSR
On the Curvature of Space countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Russia