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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. It was the world's third-most populous country, the largest by area, and bordered twelve other countries. A diverse multinational state, it was organized as a…

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Calling code
+7
Currency
Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR)
Demonym
Soviet
Ethnic groups (1989)
70% East Slavs · 17% Turkic · 13% other
GDP (nominal)
1990 estimate
GDP .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(PPP)
1989 estimate

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Soviet Union

Nodes720
Edges719
Triples682
Avg. degree2
Density0.002778
Components1

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Soviet Union

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related to Foreign relations · 75
Soviet Union → Although, Americans, Andrei Gromyko, Andrey Vyshinsky, Britain, By, Central, Central Committee, Cold War, Comecon, Comintern, Communist, Communist Information Bureau, Communist International, Communist Party, Council, During, Eastern Bloc, Eastern Bloc's, Eastern Europe
related to Administrative divisions · 45
Soviet Union → After, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Between July, Bukharan PSPs, Byelorussia, Central Asia, Constitutionally, Creation, December, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, In, In August, Karelian ASSR, Karelo-Finnish SSR, Kazakhstan, Khorezm, Kirghizia
related to For China · 41
Soviet Union → As, Betrayed, CCP, Center, China's, Chinese, Chinese Communist Party, Class, Communist Party, Deng Xiaoping, Despite Xi Jinping's, Eastern Europe, Eduard Bernstein, First, Fourth, Friedrich Hayek's The Road, Gorbachev's, In, In December, International Studies
related to Geography · 37
Soviet Union → Afghanistan, Asia, Central Asia, China, Covering, Czechoslovakia, Earth, Earth's, Europe, Finland, Hungary, Iran, It, Japan, Kazakhstan, La Pérouse Strait, Mongolia, North America, North Korea, Norway
related to Nationalities and ethnic groups · 31
Soviet Union → According, All, Armenians, Balts, Belarusians, Bolsheviks, East Slavic, Georgia, Georgian, Georgians, However, If, Mingrelians, Moldovan, Orthodox, Overall, Partly, Russians, Some, Soviet
related to Unified power and reform · 28
Soviet Union → All, All-Union Supreme Soviet, Between, Bitter, Cabinet, Central Committee, Communist Party, Council, For, Georgy Malenkov, Gorbachev, In, Khrushchev, Khrushchev's, Lenin, March, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ministers, No, People's Deputies
related to Communist Party · 27
Soviet Union → All, At, Central Committee, Chairman, Communist Party, Conferences, Council, CPSU, Depending, First Secretary, General Secretaries, General Secretary, In, Khrushchev, Ministers, Of, Party Congresses, Politburo, Premiers, Presidium
related to Health · 26
Soviet Union → After, Article, As Lenin, Asian, At, Before Leonid Brezhnev, Brezhnev's, Communist Party, Congress, Either, European, Health, Health Yevgeniy Chazov, In, Mikhail Gorbachev's, Minister, People's Commissariat, Semashko, Soviet, Soviet Constitution
related to Religion · 25
Soviet Union → About, Azerbaijan SSR, Baptists, Buddhists, Christian, Christianity, Christians, Eastern Christianity, Islam, Jews, Lutherans, Orthodox Church, Protestant, Religious, Roman Catholics, Russia's, Russian Empire, Russian Orthodox Church, Shias, Smaller
related to Science and technology · 25
Soviet Union → By, China, First World, Great Chinese Famine, However, Implemented, In, Lenin, Lenin's, Lysenkoism, PhDs, Project Socrates, Reagan, Some, Soviet, Soviets, Stalin's, The Soviet Union, The US, This

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soviet union russian state ussr war world stalin communist party states government also system economy first russia republics power country

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Soviet UnionCalling code+71.00infobox
Soviet UnionCapitaland largest cityMoscow .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.…1.00infobox
Soviet UnionCurrencySoviet ruble (руб) (SUR)1.00infobox
Soviet UnionDemonymSoviet1.00infobox
Soviet UnionEthnic groups (1989)70% East Slavs1.00infobox
Soviet UnionEthnic groups (1989)17% Turkic1.00infobox
Soviet UnionEthnic groups (1989)13% other1.00infobox
Soviet UnionGDP (nominal)1990 estimate1.00infobox
Soviet UnionGDP .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(PPP)1989 estimate1.00infobox
Soviet UnionGini (1989)27.5 @media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-them…1.00infobox
Soviet UnionGovernmentFederal communist state1.00infobox
Soviet UnionHDI (1990 formula)0.920 very high1.00infobox
Soviet UnionHistorical eraInterwar period1.00infobox
Soviet UnionHistorical eraWorld War II1.00infobox
Soviet UnionHistorical eraCold War1.00infobox
Soviet UnionInternet TLD.su[m]1.00infobox
Soviet UnionISO 3166 codeSU1.00infobox
Soviet UnionLegislatureCongress of Soviets (1922–1936)[i]1.00infobox
Soviet UnionLegislatureSupreme Soviet (1936–1991)1.00infobox
Soviet UnionOfficial languagesRussian[a]1.00infobox
Soviet UnionRecognised regional languagesUkrainian1.00infobox
Soviet UnionRecognised regional languagesBelarusian1.00infobox
Soviet UnionRecognised regional languagesUzbek1.00infobox
Soviet UnionRecognised regional languagesKazakh1.00infobox
Soviet UnionRecognised regional languagesGeorgian1.00infobox
Soviet UnionRecognised regional languagesAzerbaijani1.00infobox
Soviet UnionRecognised regional languagesLithuanian1.00infobox
Soviet UnionRecognised regional languagesMoldavian[b]1.00infobox
Soviet UnionRecognised regional languagesLatvian1.00infobox
Soviet UnionRecognised regional languagesKyrgyz1.00infobox

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