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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Mir space station countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Sergei Prokofiev placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Konstantin Stanislavski citizenship Soviet Union
Galina Ulanova countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
International Memorial operatesIn Soviet Union
this entity surface form: former Soviet Union
Ales Bialiatski placeOfBirth Soviet Union
Konstantin Kuzakov residence Soviet Union
Konstantin Kuzakov livedIn Soviet Union
this entity surface form: USSR
Ivanovich usageRegion Soviet Union
this entity surface form: former Soviet Union
Operation Silver Fox (coordination with Finnish forces) opponent Soviet Union
subject surface form: Operation Silver Fox
Operation Silver Fox (coordination with Finnish forces) countryInvolved Soviet Union
subject surface form: Operation Silver Fox
Army Detachment Narva opponent Soviet Union
Nordland Division foughtAgainst Soviet Union
Charlemagne Division opposedTo Soviet Union
Roman Abramovich countryOfBirth Soviet Union
Vasily Ulrikh countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Yuri Brezhnev countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front country Soviet Union
subject surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front
Yegor Gaidar birthPlace Soviet Union
Yegor Gaidar countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
2nd Army engagedAgainst Soviet Union
Spandau Prison controlledBy Soviet Union
Lavrentiy Beria placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Tina Modotti emigratedTo Soviet Union
Baikal–Amur Mainline builtBy Soviet Union
Orgburo of the CPSU country Soviet Union
Amt VI opposedTo Soviet Union
Kiev offensive (1943) location Soviet Union
Kiev offensive (1943) belligerent Soviet Union
11th Army operatedIn Soviet Union
Operation Magistral country Soviet Union
Operation Magistral belligerent Soviet Union