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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Brest Fortress awardedBy Soviet Union
RD-107 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
8K72K countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Chairman of the Cheka country Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Russia
Iron Felix countryOfContext Soviet Union
Iron Felix countryOfDeath Soviet Union
subject surface form: Felix Dzerzhinsky
Iron Felix citizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Felix Dzerzhinsky
Takhtajan system countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Bhilai developedWithAssistanceFrom Soviet Union
Sakhalin Oblast historicalOwner Soviet Union
Mikhail Romm countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Mikhail Romm citizenship Soviet Union
Grigori Aleksandrov citizenship Soviet Union
Soviet 18th Separate Rifle Corps allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
71-619 tram countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: 71-619
71-619 tram usedIn Soviet Union
subject surface form: 71-619
this entity surface form: former Soviet Union
Tiraspol historicalAffiliation Soviet Union
office of General Secretary of the CPSU jurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Pasha Angelina countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Pasha Angelina workLocation Soviet Union
Vostok programme country Soviet Union
Soviet field armies countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Soviet field armies usedBy Soviet Union
Zenit rocket countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Sovkino country Soviet Union
Sovkino operatedIn Soviet Union
Torino Infantry Division opposedTo Soviet Union
3rd Guards Army country Soviet Union
3rd Guards Army allegiance Soviet Union
Kovel locatedInFormerCountry Soviet Union
Carpathian Ruthenia wasPartOf Soviet Union
Kondratyuk crater countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Yuri Kondratyuk