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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Fieseler Fi 156 Storch usedBy Soviet Union
Kingdom of Afghanistan borderedBy Soviet Union
Brezhneva countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet scientific community country Soviet Union
WiN hasEnemy Soviet Union
Ivan Chistyakov allegiance Soviet Union
People's Deputy of the USSR country Soviet Union
People's Deputy of the USSR appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Yelena Bonner placeOfBirth Soviet Union
Yelena Bonner countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Loyalist Spain supportedBy Soviet Union
Spanish Nationalists opposedBy Soviet Union
Yevgeny Primakov placeOfBirth Soviet Union
Soviet Basketball Federation jurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Kerbel countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Lev Kerbel
Soviet state art institutions appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: USSR
Ludmilla Drago represents Soviet Union
Antonov An-26 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
German 2nd Panzer Group theater Soviet Union
eastern Uzbekistan historicalState Soviet Union
Describe the Night setting Soviet Union
icebreaker Chelyuskin operatedBy Soviet Union
Zakhar Moglin countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Antonov An-72 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Red Guardian countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Vera Tulyakova countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
City of Pskov wasPartOf Soviet Union
German 2nd Army engagedAgainst Soviet Union
Aeroflot Tyumen Directorate country Soviet Union
Brin family countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Ilyushin Design Bureau country Soviet Union
Ilyushin Design Bureau regionServed Soviet Union
Shturmovik countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Mikulin AM-38 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
RS-82 rockets countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: RS-82
Ilyushin Il-10 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Prosecutor’s Office of the USSR country Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics