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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Battle of Vyazma combatant2 Soviet Union
People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs of the USSR country Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs of the USSR appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Or Qapı (Crimean Tatar) historicalControl Soviet Union
subject surface form: Or Qapı
Turkish Wall at Perekop usedBy Soviet Union
History of Crimea hasRulingEntity Soviet Union
Europe Central focusesOn Soviet Union
Soviet 6th Army country Soviet Union
Soviet 6th Army allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet 6th Army garrisonCountry Soviet Union
Tupolev Tu-124 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Lyulka AL-7F turbojet countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Lyulka AL-7F
Lisunov Li-2 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Baklanov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Oleg Baklanov
Soviet military-industrial commission appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Warsaw Pact airlines regionServed Soviet Union
Warsaw Pact airlines alignedWith Soviet Union
Air Koryo aircraftOrigin Soviet Union
T134 hasCountryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Tupolev Tu-91 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Mother Motherland monument era Soviet Union
Robert Taurit countryOfWork Soviet Union
Bear countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-95
Bear operator Soviet Union
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-95
17. Armee operatedIn Soviet Union
17. Armee opponent Soviet Union
Soviet Airborne Forces country Soviet Union
Soviet Airborne Forces allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Tupolev Tu-98 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
3rd Baltic Front country Soviet Union
3rd Baltic Front allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Hikmet countryOfDeath Soviet Union
subject surface form: Nâzim Hikmet
Galina Dzhugashvili placeOfBirth Soviet Union
Galina Dzhugashvili livedIn Soviet Union
Kuts countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Vladimir Kuts