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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Stalin’s Bunker country Soviet Union
Stalin’s Bunker locatedIn Soviet Union
INS Vikramaditya hasOrigin Soviet Union
Kamov Ka-28 helicopters countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Kamov Ka-28
Vera Isaeva countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
XI Army Corps operatedIn Soviet Union
Balaklava controlledBy Soviet Union
Glavsevmorput (Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route) country Soviet Union
subject surface form: Glavsevmorput
Glavsevmorput (Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route) jurisdiction Soviet Union
subject surface form: Glavsevmorput
icebreaker Krasin country Soviet Union
subject surface form: Icebreaker Krasin
icebreaker Krasin operator Soviet Union
subject surface form: Icebreaker Krasin
icebreaker Krasin flag Soviet Union
subject surface form: Icebreaker Krasin
icebreaker Lenin countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Icebreaker Lenin
icebreaker Lenin operator Soviet Union
subject surface form: Icebreaker Lenin
icebreaker Lenin flag Soviet Union
subject surface form: Icebreaker Lenin
nuclear icebreaker Arktika operator Soviet Union
nuclear icebreaker Arktika flag Soviet Union
Georgy Ushakov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Ernst Krenkel countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Ernst Krenkel workLocation Soviet Union
Chelyuskin expedition country Soviet Union
Flanker countryOfDesign Soviet Union
Dornier Do 215 operator Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Soviet Union (captured examples)
Hanko naval base country Soviet Union
Hanko naval base leasedBy Soviet Union
Gus Hall supportedCountry Soviet Union
Gus Hall ideologicalAllegiance Soviet Union
Gorky family country Soviet Union
icebreaker Sibiryakov operator Soviet Union
icebreaker Sibiryakov flag Soviet Union
Hirota Kōki wasAmbassadorTo Soviet Union
Boris Grebenshchikov birthPlace Soviet Union
Boris Grebenshchikov citizenship Soviet Union
Boris Grebenshchikov countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Aquarium
47th Army (Soviet Union) country Soviet Union
47th Army (Soviet Union) allegiance Soviet Union
70th Army (Soviet Union) country Soviet Union
70th Army (Soviet Union) allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
70th Army (Soviet Union) operatedIn Soviet Union
Nina Moglina countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Spanish Republican Army supportedBy Soviet Union