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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Katyusha usedBy Soviet Union
"Katyusha" wartime song countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Katyusha
ZiS-6 truck countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: ZiS-6
Studebaker US6 truck usedBy Soviet Union
Khrushchev family countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Khrushchev family countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Nikita Khrushchev
Soyuz 1 operator Soviet Union
Soyuz 1 launchCountry Soviet Union
Soyuz 1 landingCountry Soviet Union
Soyuz 1 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Vladimir Malofeyev regionOfInfluence Soviet Union
this entity surface form: former Soviet Union
Polish–Soviet border agreement of 1951 signatory Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Polish–Soviet border agreement of 1951 appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Aslan Maskhadov countryOfBirth Soviet Union
Aslan Maskhadov citizenship Soviet Union
Yulia Khrushcheva countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Nikita Khrushchev
Fedor Tokarev countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Tula Arsenal locatedIn Soviet Union
AVT-40 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
SKS countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Yevgeny Svetlanov placeOfBirth Soviet Union
Otto Schmidt countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Otto Schmidt placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Ilya Kabakov birthPlace Soviet Union
Ilya Kabakov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Tsiklon-3 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Kosmos-3M countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
British Tenth Army alliedWith Soviet Union
Soviet Militsiya country Soviet Union
Kovrov Mechanical Plant locatedIn Soviet Union
Islam Karimov placeOfBirth Soviet Union
Shura-e Nazar opposedTo Soviet Union
H.R. 1776 benefited Soviet Union
Verkhnye, Russian Empire countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Mikhail Kirponos
Winter of the World settingPlace Soviet Union
Vladimir Fokin countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Three-Line Rifle usedBy Soviet Union
Sergei Mosin usedBy Soviet Union
subject surface form: Mosin–Nagant rifle
M38 carbine countryOfOrigin Soviet Union