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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Operation Hannibal opposedBy Soviet Union
Luna 11 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Gold Star medal countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Lyudmila Pavlichenko allegiance Soviet Union
Lyudmila Pavlichenko placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Ramadan War supportedBy Soviet Union
The Measures Taken setting Soviet Union
Vladimir Chernenko countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Konstantin Chernenko
Mikoyan design bureau country Soviet Union
Fulcrum countryOfDesignOrigin Soviet Union
Klimov RD-33 turbofan countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Klimov RD-33
Algerian Air Force usesAircraftFrom Soviet Union
S-125 Neva/Pechora surface-to-air missile system countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: S-125 Neva/Pechora
2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile system countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: 2K12 Kub
2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile system designer Soviet Union
subject surface form: 2K12 Kub
The Tashkent Crisis aboutPlace Soviet Union
Inkeri historicallyUnderRuleOf Soviet Union
The Origins of Totalitarianism analyzes Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Stalinist Soviet Union
Dragon Lady countryOfOccurrence Soviet Union
subject surface form: 1960 U-2 incident
Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union country Soviet Union
Rudolf Abel countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Rudolf Abel returnedTo Soviet Union
SA-2 Guideline countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
SA-2 Guideline usedBy Soviet Union
Fan Song fire-control radar usedBy Soviet Union
S-125 Neva/Pechora countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Detente hasMainParticipants Soviet Union
subject surface form: Détente
Belorussian Front country Soviet Union
Belorussian Front allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Yuri Nikulin countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Goodwill Games notableParticipants Soviet Union
Lidia Alexeeva countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Battle of Kolberg belligerent Soviet Union
Reichswehr air units cooperatedWith Soviet Union
Evgeni Nabokov countryOfBirth Soviet Union
George Gamow citizenship Soviet Union
George Gamow emigratedFrom Soviet Union