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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Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant era Soviet Union
Hind countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Mil Mi-24
Indochina conflicts hasParticipant Soviet Union
Karelian front country Soviet Union
subject surface form: Karelian Front
31st Infantry Division operatedIn Soviet Union
Forest Brothers opposed Soviet Union
Battle of Gdynia belligerent Soviet Union
Kunashir historicallyControlledBy Soviet Union
Second Cold War hasMainParticipants Soviet Union
Filipp Oktyabrsky allegiance Soviet Union
Tokyo Trial includedJudgeFrom Soviet Union
III Corps (Finland) opposedTo Soviet Union
Aunus Group opposed Soviet Union
Sergei Fedorov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
SA-7 Grail man-portable air-defense system countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: SA-7 Grail
Committee on Technology and Armaments countryOfJurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Committee on Technology and Armaments hadMember Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Alexei Rykov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Alexei Rykov placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Alexei Rykov headOfGovernment Soviet Union
Battle of the Rhine countryInvolved Soviet Union
Battle of Kharkov countryInvolved Soviet Union
Battle of Kharkov belligerent Soviet Union
subject surface form: First Battle of Kharkov
Battle of Kharkov belligerent Soviet Union
subject surface form: Second Battle of Kharkov
Battle of Kharkov belligerent Soviet Union
subject surface form: Third Battle of Kharkov
Battle of Kharkov belligerent Soviet Union
subject surface form: Fourth Battle of Kharkov
Hip countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Mil Mi-8
Otto Lasch capturedBy Soviet Union
Novichok nerve agent developedBy Soviet Union