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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Vladimir Kramnik countryOfBirth Soviet Union
Matilda II infantry tanks exportedTo Soviet Union
subject surface form: Matilda II infantry tank
Muolaa transferredTo Soviet Union
Muolaa postWarSovereignState Soviet Union
Luna spacecraft countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Luna spacecraft operatedBy Soviet Union
Vladimir Komarov placeOfBirth Soviet Union
Vladimir Komarov placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Stavka of the Red Army country Soviet Union
Kirov Theatre countryDuringNameUse Soviet Union
Japanese occupation of parts of the Russian Far East countryInvolved Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Russia
3rd Shock Army country Soviet Union
3rd Shock Army allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Red Heat setIn Soviet Union
Hermann Duncker placeOfExile Soviet Union
Tupolev Tu-10 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Tupolev Tu-10 designedIn Soviet Union
Badger countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Tselinograd country Soviet Union
Mil Mi-6 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
4th Shock Army country Soviet Union
4th Shock Army allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
2nd Baltic Front country Soviet Union
Kamenets-Podolsky pocket opponent Soviet Union
Kuibyshev country Soviet Union
Tupolev Tu-143 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Pyotr Lashchenko allegiance Soviet Union
Giulia Schucht residence Soviet Union
Giulia Schucht placeOfActivity Soviet Union
Mikhail Yangel countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Mikhail Yangel workLocation Soviet Union
Luna 17 operator Soviet Union
Luna 17 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Artek international children’s center country Soviet Union
subject surface form: Artek International Children’s Center
Battle of Vyazma location Soviet Union
Battle of Vyazma countryInvolved Soviet Union