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historical state, Eurasia
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Also known as: Russia, Sojuz Sovetskich Socialisticeskich Respublik, Sovetsky Soyuz, Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, U.S.S.R., Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1922–91
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1922–91
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Major Events:
World War II Russian Provisional Government collapse of the Soviet Union Operation Barbarossa Russo-Polish War
Key People:
Vladimir Lenin Joseph Stalin Nikita Khrushchev Leon Trotsky Mikhail Gorbachev
Related Topics:
socialism communism Communist Party of the Soviet Union National Defense Education Act “Lenin’s Testament”
Related Places:
Russia Ukraine Kazakhstan Georgia Armenia
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Soviet Union, in full Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik or Sovetsky Soyuz, former northern Eurasian empire (1917/22–1991) stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, in its final years, consisting of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics (S.S.R.’s): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belorussia (now Belarus), Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgiziya (now Kyrgyzstan), Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia (now Moldova), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The capital was Moscow, then and now the capital of Russia. During the period of its existence, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was by area the world’s largest country. It was ...(100 of 33810 words)

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