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 Guadalajara involvedForeignSupport Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Union (for Republicans)
The Truce settingPlace Soviet Union
Armenia independenceFrom Soviet Union
Lwów partOf Soviet Union
Lwów wasOccupiedBy Soviet Union
Belarus partOf Soviet Union
Battle of Moscow location Soviet Union
Battle of Moscow countryInvolved Soviet Union
Battle of Moscow belligerent Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Home Army (Armia Krajowa) opposedOccupationBy Soviet Union
subject surface form: Home Army
Operation Blue opposedBy Soviet Union
Operation Blue opposedCountry Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin founded Soviet Union
Soviet-German Front countryInvolved Soviet Union
Soviet-German Front location Soviet Union
Operation Typhoon location Soviet Union
Operation Typhoon belligerent Soviet Union
Continuation War conflictBetween Soviet Union
Continuation War belligerent Soviet Union
Tripartite Pact aimedAgainst Soviet Union
Tripartite Pact opposedBy Soviet Union
Ivan Susloparov represented Soviet Union
Dolores Ibárruri residence Soviet Union
Dolores Ibárruri exile Soviet Union
Second Spanish Republic alliesInWar Soviet Union
Vasily Chuikov deathPlace Soviet Union
Vasily Chuikov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Vasily Chuikov allegiance Soviet Union
Turkmenistan independenceFrom Soviet Union
The Iron Lady associatedWithCountry Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Union (as an adversary in the Cold War)
Privolnoye partOf Soviet Union
Privolnoye formerGoverningCountry Soviet Union
UB (Polish secret police) supportedBy Soviet Union
subject surface form: Urząd Bezpieczeństwa
Summer Olympics 1948 nonInvitedEntity Soviet Union
subject surface form: 1948 Summer Olympics
Siege of Madrid supportedBy Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Union (for Republican side)
Allied air forces country Soviet Union
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union jurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet armed forces country Soviet Union