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Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics

Союз Советских Суверенных Республик
Soyuz Sovetskikh Suverennykh Respublik
Flag of Soviet Union
Flag
Coat of arms of Soviet Union
Coat of arms
Motto: "Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!"
"Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes'!"
("Workers of the World, Unite!")
Anthem: "State Anthem of the Soviet Union"
"Gosudarstvennyy Gimn Sovetskogo Soyuza"
Soviet Union (orthographic projection) revised (New Union).svg
Capital
and largest city
Moscow
Official language
and national language
Russian
Religion
Predominately Orthodox Christianity. See Religion in Russia
Demonym(s) Soviets
Government Federal semi-presidential republic
• President
Sergei Ivanov
Nikolai Levichev
TBD
Oksana Dmitriyeva
Legislature Supreme Soviet
Soviet of the Republics
Soviet of the Union
Formation
• Arrival of Rurik
862
• Kievan Rus' formed
882
1283
• Tsardom proclaimed
16 January 1547
• Empire proclaimed
22 October 1721
• Republic proclaimed
14 September 1917
7 November 1917
30 December 1922
12 June 1990
22 March 1992
Area
• Total
Template:Convinfobox (1st)
Population
• 2020 estimate
277,202,525 (4th)
• Density
Template:Convinfobox (225th)
GDP (PPP) 2020 estimate
• Total
Increase $6.461 trillion (4th)
• Per capita
Increase $28,820 (55th)
GDP (nominal) 2020 estimate
• Total
Increase $2.209 trillion (8th)
• Per capita
Increase $11,305 (61st)
Gini (2018) Template:IncreaseNegative 37.5
Template:Color · 98th
HDI (2018) Increase 0.824
Template:Color · 49th
Currency Russian ruble () (RUB)
Time zone UTC+2 to +12
Date format dd.mm.yyyy
Driving side right
Calling code +7
ISO 3166 code [[ISO 3166-2:Template:ISO 3166 code|Template:ISO 3166 code]]
Internet TLD

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics (USSR), is a federal semi-presidential republic in Northern Eurasia. Spanning over 22 million square kilometers and home to 227 million inhabitants, the Soviet Union is the largest country by area and the fourth largest by population.

The East Slavs emerged as a recognisable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. The medieval state of Rus' arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures. Rus' ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states, until it was finally reunified by the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the 15th century. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which became a major European power, and the third-largest empire in history, stretching from Norway on the west to Canada on the east. Following the Russian Revolution, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established and was the world's first constitutionally socialist state.

Joseph Stalin came to power in the mid-1920s. Stalin suppressed all political opposition to his rule, committed the state ideology to Marxism–Leninism, and initiated a centrally planned economy. The Soviet Union would play a decisive role in World War II and came to rival the United States for decades, known as the Cold War. The Soviets and Americans competed for in the nuclear arms race, the space race, and global influence. The Cold War was considered over by 1989 as General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev followed a policy of détente. In the late 1980s and early 90s, Gorbachev undertook a series of reforms to overhaul the Soviet Union and begin a transition to social democracy. During the 1990s and early 2000s, the Soviet economy rapidly expanded with new private enterprise and investment from both foreign and domestic groups.

Since 1991, the Soviet Union is a federal presidential republic. While there are many active political parties, the Communist Party remains the largest in the union.

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Main article: Republics of the Soviet Union
Republics of the Soviet Union
Flag & name Cities Admission to Union Population Total area President
Capital Largest km2 mi2
Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia.svg Abkhazia Sukhumi Template:Dts Template:Right X X Aslan Bzhania
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Baku Template:Dts Template:Right X X Ilham Aliyev
Flag of Bashkurdistan.svg Bashkiria Ufa Template:Dts Template:Right X X Radiy Khabirov
Flag of Buryatia.svg Buryatia Ulan-Ude Template:Dts Template:Right X X Alexey Tsydenov
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991–1995).svg Byelorussia Minsk Template:Dts Template:Right X X Alexander Lukashenko
Flag of Chechnya (New Union).svg Chechnya Grozny Template:Dts Template:Right X X Ramzan Kadyrov
Flag of Chuvashia (New Union).svg Chuvashia Cheboksary Template:Dts Template:Right X X Oleg Nikolayev
Flag of Crimea.svg Crimea Simferopol Template:Dts Template:Right X X Sergey Aksyonov
Flag of Dagestan (1994-2003).svg Dagestan Makhachkala Template:Dts Template:Right X X Vladimir Vasilyev
Flag of Kabardino-Balkaria (New Union).svg Kabardino-Balkaria Nalchik Template:Dts Template:Right X X Kazbek Kokov
Flag of Kalmykia.svg Kalmykia Elista Template:Dts Template:Right X X Batu Khasikov
Flag of Karelia (New Union).svg Karelia Petrozavodsk Template:Dts Template:Right X X Arthur Parfenchikov
Flag of Karakalpakstan.svg Karakalpakstan Nukus Template:Dts Template:Right X X Arthur Parfenchikov
Kazakhstan 1991 Flag Proposal 1.svg Kazakhstan Alma-Ata Template:Dts Template:Right X X Arthur Parfenchikov
Flag of Komi 1991.svg Komi Syktyvkar Template:Dts Template:Right X X Vladimir Uyba