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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Shaposhnikov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Boris Shaposhnikov
Kola Superdeep Borehole country Soviet Union
Murmansk Run usedBy Soviet Union
Murmansk Run involvedNation Soviet Union
Operation Northern Light opponent Soviet Union
Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948 signatory Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948 party Soviet Union
Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance (1948) signatory Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
YYA Treaty signatory Soviet Union
YYA Treaty party Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Note Crisis of 1961 countryInvolved Soviet Union
Finlandization associatedWith Soviet Union
Հովհաննես Բաղրամյան countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Խորհրդային Միություն
Հովհաննես Բաղրամյան allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Խորհրդային Միություն
Chardakhlu countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Ivan Bagramyan
“So It Was” (memoirs) countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: So It Was
Maxim Purkayev countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Tatyana Dyachenko countryOfBirth Soviet Union
Livonian people historicallyRuledBy Soviet Union
Batov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Pavel Batov
Barakzai dynasty foreignRelations Soviet Union
Shumilov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Mikhail Shumilov
Meretskov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Kirill Meretskov
Meretskov placeOfDeath Soviet Union
subject surface form: Kirill Meretskov
Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Dmitry Kozlov country Soviet Union
Dmitry Kozlov allegiance Soviet Union
Budjak historicallyRuledBy Soviet Union
Transcaucasian Front country Soviet Union
Yenikale belligerent Soviet Union
Gorky Park settingLocation Soviet Union