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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Stalingrad Tractor Factory country Soviet Union
T-44 medium tank countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
OT-34 flamethrower tank operator Soviet Union
Andrei Smirnov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Andrei Smirnov workLocation Soviet Union
PPD-40 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
PPS-43 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Mohammad Yunus Khalis opponent Soviet Union
Polikarpov I-15 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Tupolev SB countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Zubov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Nikolay Zubov
Bergelson countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
subject surface form: Dovid Bergelson
Night of the Murdered Poets country Soviet Union
Finnish Karelian Army opponent Soviet Union
Soviet 1st Guards Tank Army country Soviet Union
Soviet 16th Air Army country Soviet Union
GSOFG country Soviet Union
KV tank family countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Zhozef Kotin countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Kirov Plant design bureau country Soviet Union
IS-1 countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Bryansk sector country Soviet Union
Pavel Lungin countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Taxi Blues
Father of a Soldier countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Giorgi Makharashvili in "Father of a Soldier" countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Giorgi Makharashvili
Platon Volkov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Dersu Uzala countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Soviet Second League country Soviet Union
Soviet Cup country Soviet Union
Eldar Ryazanov countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
Carl Hilpert placeOfDeath Soviet Union
SU-100 self-propelled gun countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: SU-100