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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Kuts representing Soviet Union
subject surface form: Vladimir Kuts
Soviet Union national athletics team represented Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Alexeyevka, Soviet Union country Soviet Union
Alexeyevka, Soviet Union countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Vladimir Kuts
Finnish 12th Division opponent Soviet Union
Tatra T1 tram usedInCountry Soviet Union
subject surface form: Tatra T1
Tupolev Tu-119 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Mil Mi-26 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Hugh Herndon Jr. placeOfDetention Soviet Union
Paris Charter signedBy Soviet Union
CSCE participating States hasMember Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
CSCE Office for Free Elections operatingArea Soviet Union
this entity surface form: former Soviet Union
Vasily Mishin countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Kirovakan partOf Soviet Union
Finnish 13th Division opponent Soviet Union
Shakhlin countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Boris Shakhlin
Soviet Union men’s national gymnastics team represented Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
German XIV Panzer Corps operatedIn Soviet Union
Silent notableCountry Soviet Union
subject surface form: Silent film
Luna 16 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Luna 16 launchCountry Soviet Union
Ba'athist Iraq alliedWith Soviet Union
Tatra T3 tram operatorRegion Soviet Union
subject surface form: Tatra T3
this entity surface form: former Soviet Union
Second Birth countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Safe Conduct countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Petlyakov Pe-8 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Ivan Fedyuninsky country Soviet Union
Ivan Fedyuninsky allegiance Soviet Union
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg allegedToHaveSpiedFor Soviet Union
subject surface form: Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg
Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet usedIn Soviet Union
Red Machine country Soviet Union
Red Machine represented Soviet Union
Lithuanian Sąjūdis opposedTo Soviet Union
Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (in practice for joint operations) theaterOfOperations Soviet Union
subject surface form: Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
Foreign Armies East focusRegion Soviet Union
Foreign Armies East opponent Soviet Union
Orel sector locatedIn Soviet Union
Orel sector countryInvolved Soviet Union
National Democratic Party of Georgia operatedUnderState Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Russia