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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RT-2PM Topol ICBM countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: RT-2PM Topol
RT-2PM Topol ICBM usedBy Soviet Union
subject surface form: RT-2PM Topol
SS-25 Sickle ICBM countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: SS-25 Sickle
SS-25 Sickle ICBM developedBy Soviet Union
subject surface form: SS-25 Sickle
SS-25 Sickle ICBM deploymentCountry Soviet Union
subject surface form: SS-25 Sickle
Kalinin country Soviet Union
Markian Popov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Markian Popov residence Soviet Union
69th Army country Soviet Union
69th Army allegiance Soviet Union
Gosbank country Soviet Union
Gosbank jurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Lyova hasGivenNameUsageRegion Soviet Union
this entity surface form: former Soviet Union
Corto Maltese conflictInvolves Soviet Union
1st Tank Army country Soviet Union
12th Army engagedAgainst Soviet Union
Genndy Tartakovsky countryOfBirth Soviet Union
Western Oblast country Soviet Union
Larisa Shepitko placeOfBirth Soviet Union
Larisa Shepitko placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Larisa Shepitko citizenship Soviet Union
Finnish wars of the 20th century conflictWith Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Russia
Samland Offensive belligerent Soviet Union
Samland Offensive countryInvolved Soviet Union
Министерство государственной безопасности СССР country Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик
people's commissariat usedIn Soviet Union
people's commissariat country Soviet Union
people's commissariat usedBy Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Meyerhold Theatre country Soviet Union
Zinaida Reich countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Zinaida Reich countryOfDeath Soviet Union
Manfred Stern countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Manfred Stern placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Manfred Stern activeIn Soviet Union
Glavlit country Soviet Union
Glavlit appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
Union of Soviet Writers country Soviet Union
Union of Soviet Writers appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: USSR