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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World War II bombing hasLocation Soviet Union
Alexander Litvinenko countryOfBirth Soviet Union
Alexander Litvinenko citizenship Soviet Union
Orel salient locatedIn Soviet Union
Orel salient belligerent Soviet Union
Soviet MGB country Soviet Union
Soviet MGB operatedIn Soviet Union
Cuban Navy usesEquipmentFrom Soviet Union
Autumn of Nations hasLocation Soviet Union
Malta Summit participant Soviet Union
Suslov usedInCountry Soviet Union
Suslov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Mikhail Suslov
Suslov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Vladimir Suslov
Lev Vygotsky deathPlace Soviet Union
Lev Vygotsky citizenship Soviet Union
Lev Yashin countryOfBirth Soviet Union
Lev Yashin countryOfDeath Soviet Union
Minister of Foreign Trade of the Soviet Union appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Artem Mikoyan countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Artem Mikoyan placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Trizone opposedBy Soviet Union
Cancer Ward countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Cancer Ward settingCountry Soviet Union
The First Circle countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
The First Circle setting Soviet Union
The ABC of Communism countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Russia
Anna Larina countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
The Annals of Communism mainSubject Soviet Union
Cuban Air Force primarySupplier Soviet Union
Ekaterina Gordeeva placeOfBirth Soviet Union
Airstrip One allegoricalTo Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Stalinist Soviet Union
Alexander Berkman placeOfDeportation Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Russia