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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Japanese Karafuto garrison opponent Soviet Union
Senior zhuz laterUnderRuleOf Soviet Union
Alexander Alexandrov citizenship Soviet Union
Tatra servedRegion Soviet Union
Tatra exportedTo Soviet Union
Sino–Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance (1945) party Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soyuz 19 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Soyuz 19 spaceAgencyPartner Soviet Union
this entity surface form: USSR
Flag of the Soviet Union country Soviet Union
Flag of the Soviet Union usedBy Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet Union Pavilion country Soviet Union
Soviet Union Pavilion country Soviet Union
this entity surface form: USSR
Soviet Union Pavilion representedState Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Elem Klimov placeOfBirth Soviet Union
Elem Klimov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Irma Raush countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Irma Raush placeOfActivity Soviet Union
Japanese 5th Area Army opponent Soviet Union
Vladimir Drinfeld birthCountry Soviet Union
Орден «Знак Почёта» country Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик
ТРУД В СССР — ДЕЛО ДОБЛЕСТИ (Labour in the USSR is a matter of valour) usedIn Soviet Union
subject surface form: ТРУД В СССР — ДЕЛО ДОБЛЕСТИ
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
ТРУД В СССР — ДЕЛО ДОБЛЕСТИ (Labour in the USSR is a matter of valour) countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: ТРУД В СССР — ДЕЛО ДОБЛЕСТИ
Regno del Sud alliedWith Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union Pavel Batitsky countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Pavel Batitsky
Marshal of the Soviet Union Pavel Batitsky placeOfDeath Soviet Union
subject surface form: Pavel Batitsky
Marshal of the Soviet Union Pavel Batitsky allegiance Soviet Union
subject surface form: Pavel Batitsky
Ivy Litvinov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Ivy Litvinov residence Soviet Union
Soviet Far Eastern Front country Soviet Union
Latvian SSR country Soviet Union
Latvian SSR partOf Soviet Union
Latvian SSR establishedBy Soviet Union
Latvian SSR annexedBy Soviet Union
Michael Chekhov citizenship Soviet Union
Pamir Highway constructedBy Soviet Union
Wasilewska countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Wanda Wasilewska