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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Ostriv Zmiinyi wasControlledBy Soviet Union
Soviet Socialist Republics partOf Soviet Union
Soviet Socialist Republics country Soviet Union
Karakum Canal constructedBy Soviet Union
Soviet television country Soviet Union
Soviet television operatedIn Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet television broadcastArea Soviet Union
Richter citizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Sviatoslav Richter
Pan-Turkism hasKeyRegion Soviet Union
Soviet invasion and occupation invadingPower Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Russia
81-717/714 series countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
81-717/714 series designedIn Soviet Union
Vostok-2 rocket countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Vostok-2
Victor-class submarine developedBy Soviet Union
R-36 ICBM countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
R-36 ICBM operator Soviet Union
SS-20 Saber IRBM countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: SS-20 Saber
Ivan Bilibin countryOfDeath Soviet Union
Vickers 6-Ton tank usedBy Soviet Union
Hungarian Army units opposedBy Soviet Union
Kim Philby countryOfDeath Soviet Union
Kim Philby citizenship Soviet Union
Kim Philby allegiance Soviet Union
Karen Shakhnazarov countryOfBirth Soviet Union
Karen Shakhnazarov citizenship Soviet Union
Arsenal countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Arsenal (1929 film)
Dziga Vertov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Dziga Vertov placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Dziga Vertov citizenshipTransition Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Russian Empire to Soviet Union
Marfa Lapkina countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Ukraine and Moldova werePartOf Soviet Union
Andrei Voznesensky birthPlace Soviet Union
In Like Flint setInLocation Soviet Union
Kozhedub countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Ivan Kozhedub
Kozhedub allegiance Soviet Union
subject surface form: Ivan Kozhedub
Marshal of Aviation country Soviet Union