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The Soviet Union (Russian: Советский Союз, romanized: Sovietsky Soyuz), officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR or U.S.S.R.; Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик, romanized: Soyuz Sovietskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik IPA: [sɐˈjus sɐˈvʲetskʲɪx sətsɨəlʲɪˈstʲitɕɪskʲɪx rʲɪsˈpublʲɪk] ⓘ, abbreviated СССР, SSSR), was the first constitutionally socialist nation that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Other names Союз Советских Социалистических Республик Soyuz Sovietskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik | |
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1922–1991 | |
Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Translit.: Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes'!) English: Workers of the world, unite! | |
Anthem: The Internationale (1922–1944) National Anthem of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) | |
Capital and largest city | Moscow |
Common languages | Russian, many others |
Demonym(s) | Soviet |
Government | Union socialist soviet republic, single-party communist state |
Leader | |
• 1922–1924 (first) | Vladimir Lenin |
• 1985–1991 (last) | Mikhail Gorbachev |
Legislature | Congress of Soviets and Central Executive Committee (1922-1937) Supreme Soviet (1937-1989; 1991) Congress of People's Deputies and Supreme Soviet (1989-1991) |
History | |
• Established | 30 December 1922 |
• Disestablished | 26 December 1991 |
Area | |
1991 | 22,402,200 km2 (8,649,500 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 1991 | 293,047,571 |
Currency | Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR) (SUR) |
Time zone | UTC+2 to +13 |
Calling code | 7 |
Internet TLD | .su2 |
1On 21 December 1991, eleven of the former socialist republics declared in Alma-Ata (with the 12th republic – Georgia – attending as an observer) that with the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ceases to exist. 2Assigned on 19 September 1990, existing onwards. Russia views the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian SSRs as legal constituent republics of the USSR and predecessors of the modern Baltic states. The Government of the United States and a number of other countries did not recognize the annexation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to the USSR as a legal inclusion. |
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