Soviet Union (via Carpathian Ruthenia after 1934 de facto proximity)

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The Soviet Union was a socialist state that existed from 1922 to 1991, encompassing much of Eastern Europe and northern Asia and serving as a dominant global superpower during the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal state
former country
socialist state
superpower
abbreviation СССР
alliance Warsaw Pact
callingCode +7
capital Moscow
claimedIdeology proletarian internationalism
continent Asia
Europe
currency Soviet ruble
dissolutionDate 1991-12-26
drivingSide right
economicOrganization Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
establishedDate 1922-12-30
governmentForm one-party socialist state
headOfGovernmentTitle Chairman of the Council of Ministers
headOfStateTitle Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
historicalEra 20th century
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
socialism
largestCity Moscow
legislature Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
locatedIn Eastern Europe
Northern Asia
linked to: North Asia
lowerHouse Soviet of Nationalities
memberOf United Nations
militaryAllianceWith Eastern Bloc countries
linked to: Eastern Bloc
nativeName Союз Советских Социалистических Республик
linked to: Soviet Union
officialLanguage Russian
officialName Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union
opposedBloc NATO
permanentSecurityCouncilMember United Nations Security Council
politicalBloc Eastern Bloc
precededBy Russian Empire
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR
rulingParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
shortName USSR
linked to: Soviet Union
stateStructure union of Soviet socialist republics
succeededBy Baltic states
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Russian Federation
linked to: Russia

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territorialExtent much of Eastern Europe and northern Asia
upperHouse Soviet of the Union
wasBelligerentIn Cold War
World War II

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First Czechoslovak Republic borderedBy Soviet Union (via Carpathian Ruthenia after 1934 de facto proximity)