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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Nomonhan area belligerent Soviet Union
Japanese Hokushin-ron (Northern Expansion Doctrine) primaryAdversary Soviet Union
subject surface form: Hokushin-ron
Robert Kocharyan birthCountry Soviet Union
Komarov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Vladimir Komarov
Komarov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov
Komarov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Sergei Komarov
Ekaterina Kalinina residence Soviet Union
Armand Hammer businessPartner Soviet Union
Asse Roma–Berlino opposedBy Soviet Union
XXXV Army Corps opposed Soviet Union
II Army Corps (Italy) opponent Soviet Union
Julia Alpine Division enemy Soviet Union
Ravenna Infantry Division opposedTo Soviet Union
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh area country Soviet Union
Gorbachev era country Soviet Union
Gorbachev era location Soviet Union
this entity surface form: USSR
Alma-Ata Protocol countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
European theater belligerent Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet of Belarus country Soviet Union
Gagarin's Start primaryUsers Soviet Union
Vasili Shukshin citizenship Soviet Union
Kira Muratova citizenship Soviet Union
Andrey Zvyagintsev countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Solaris (1972 film) countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Solaris (1972 film) filmingLocation Soviet Union
Stalker (1979 film) countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
The Cranes Are Flying (1957 film) countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: The Cranes Are Flying
The Cranes Are Flying (1957 film) countryOfSetting Soviet Union
subject surface form: The Cranes Are Flying
Ballad of a Soldier (1959 film) countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Ballad of a Soldier
Ballad of a Soldier (1959 film) narrativeLocation Soviet Union
subject surface form: Ballad of a Soldier