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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Ilomantsi sector belligerent Soviet Union
Natalia Makarova birthPlace Soviet Union
Defence of the Oder line opponent Soviet Union
Red Room countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Aralsk wasPartOf Soviet Union
Operation Iskra belligerent Soviet Union
Operation Iskra country Soviet Union
Ladoga Flotilla country Soviet Union
Dagestan ASSR country Soviet Union
Dagestan ASSR locatedIn Soviet Union
Rafael Abramovich workLocation Soviet Union
Isaac Babel countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Isaac Babel placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Valeriya Golubtsova livedIn Soviet Union
Valeriya Golubtsova workLocation Soviet Union
Battle of Quifangondo supporter Soviet Union
Sydir Kovpak countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Dmitry Medvedev allegiance Soviet Union
Osvald Group receivedSupportFrom Soviet Union
ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN hasParticipant Soviet Union
subject surface form: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Georgy Zakharov allegiance Soviet Union
Ukrainian Military District country Soviet Union
KOVO country Soviet Union
Soviet Southern Front country Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet Southern Front side Soviet Union
Donbass offensive (1943) location Soviet Union
Soviet 12th Army country Soviet Union
Soviet 12th Army allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Battle of Rostov (1941) country Soviet Union
Battle of Rostov (1941) opponent Soviet Union