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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Piotrovsky countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Boris Piotrovsky
4th Tank Army country Soviet Union
4th Tank Army garrison Soviet Union
4th Tank Army allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Western Front (Red Army) country Soviet Union
Western Front (Red Army) allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
WBC foundingMemberCountry Soviet Union
subject surface form: World Boxing Council
city of Danilov isInFormerState Soviet Union
subject surface form: Danilov
Deep operation countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
motor rifle divisions countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: motor rifle division
motor rifle divisions garrisonedIn Soviet Union
subject surface form: motor rifle division
Central Group of Forces country Soviet Union
For the Motherland associatedWith Soviet Union
For the Motherland countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
AKM countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Sergei Biryuzov allegiance Soviet Union
Vorkuta uprising of 1953 country Soviet Union
Sergei Gelfand countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
James Buchanan Barnes trainedBy Soviet Union
James Buchanan Barnes brainwashedBy Soviet Union
Gazprom foundedBy Soviet Union
CCCP-ANT-20 countryOfRegistration Soviet Union
CCCP-ANT-20 operator Soviet Union
CCCP-ANT-20 developedIn Soviet Union
DSF partnerCountry Soviet Union
Transcaucasian Railway country Soviet Union
Kozelsk camp country Soviet Union
N. I. Demchinsky workLocation Soviet Union
Kuzma Podlas countryOfAllegiance Soviet Union
Somali Air Force usedAircraftOrigin Soviet Union
Somali Air Force historicalAlly Soviet Union
Rhodesian Bush War supportedBySide2 Soviet Union
Southern Group of Forces country Soviet Union
T-62 tank countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: T-62
T-62 tank designedBy Soviet Union
subject surface form: T-62
BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: BMP-2
AK-74 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Shvetsov ASh‑82 radial engine countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Shvetsov ASh-82
Bat countryOfOrigin Soviet Union