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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Belgrade Offensive countryInvolved Soviet Union
People's Commissar for Heavy Industry of the Soviet Union appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Bashkir ASSR country Soviet Union
Bashkir ASSR partOf Soviet Union
Insterburg postWarCountry Soviet Union
MO USSR country Soviet Union
MO USSR jurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
MO USSR headquartersCountry Soviet Union
MO USSR regionServed Soviet Union
Main Personnel Directorate country Soviet Union
Main Logistics Directorate country Soviet Union
Main Operations Directorate country Soviet Union
Main Armored Directorate country Soviet Union
Main Armored Directorate operatedIn Soviet Union
Main Artillery Directorate country Soviet Union
Main Medical Directorate country Soviet Union
Main Construction Directorate appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: USSR
Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR jurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: USSR
Warsaw Pact Joint Command country Soviet Union
February coup participant Soviet Union
Chechen-Ingush ASSR country Soviet Union
Chechen-Ingush ASSR memberOf Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Communism Peak formerCountry Soviet Union
Vladimir Schevchenko workLocation Soviet Union
Aram Khachaturian countryOfDeath Soviet Union
Aram Khachaturian citizenship Soviet Union
Red Room program countryOfOrigin Soviet Union