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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Lyudmila Alexeyeva placeOfBirth Soviet Union
Oleg Yefremov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Koldunov country Soviet Union
subject surface form: Alexander Koldunov
Marshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Koldunov citizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Alexander Koldunov
Marshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Koldunov allegiance Soviet Union
subject surface form: Alexander Koldunov
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Olga Kurylenko countryOfBirth Soviet Union
Soyuz program (early phase) country Soviet Union
Laika countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Laika launchCountry Soviet Union
IRS-1A launchCountry Soviet Union
IRS-1B launchCountry Soviet Union
Euro disco culturalOrigin Soviet Union
Bill Haydon allegiance Soviet Union
Sviatoslav Shevchuk birthPlace Soviet Union
MPLA supportedByDuringColdWar Soviet Union
UNITA opposedBy Soviet Union
Agostinho Neto placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Postyshev countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Pavel Postyshev
Soviet Land Prize countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Soviet Land Prize conferredBy Soviet Union
Mikhail Kaganovich workLocation Soviet Union
Eastern Borderlands borderedBy Soviet Union
PPR alignedWith Soviet Union
subject surface form: Polska Partia Robotnicza
Alexei Shostakov (adoptive father) affiliation Soviet Union
subject surface form: Alexei Shostakov
PKiN builtAsGiftFrom Soviet Union
Misha hostCountry Soviet Union
Misha symbolizes Soviet Union
Misha countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
General Leonid Pushkin affiliation Soviet Union
Cuban army equipmentSupplier Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Union (historical)
Bless the Woman countrySetting Soviet Union
The Dawns Here Are Quiet workOrigin Soviet Union
Soviet Pacific Fleet country Soviet Union
Red Banner associatedWith Soviet Union
JAFI operatesIn Soviet Union
this entity surface form: former Soviet Union
Leningrad Military District country Soviet Union