Soviet Union (Terra)
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- Capital: Moscow, Russia, Terra
- Official language: Russian
- Government: Socialist Republic
- General Secretary:
- Vladimir Lenin (First)
- Boris Silayev (Last)
- Premier:
- Vladimir Lenin (First)
- Vladimir Putin (Last)
- Formation: December 30, 1922
- Dissolved: January 1, 2011
- Population: 350 million (estimated 2011 level)
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, also called the Soviet Union, was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 2011.
From 1945 until the start of World War III in 2005—a period known as the Cold War—the Soviet Union, the British Empire, Arabia, and the United States of America were the four world superpowers that dominated the global agenda of economic policy, foreign affairs, military operations, cultural exchange, scientific advancements including the pioneering of space exploration, and sports (including Olympic Games and World Championships).
The Soviet Union was born and expanded as a union of Soviet republics formed within the territory of the Russian Empire abolished by the Russian Revolution of 1917 followed by the Russian Civil War of 1918–1921. The geographic boundaries of the Soviet Union varied with time, but after the last major territorial annexations of the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia), Bessarabia, and certain other territories during World War II, from 1945 until dissolution the boundaries approximately corresponded to those of late Imperial Russia, with the notable exclusions of Poland, most of Finland, and Alaska.
The Soviet Union became the primary model for future Communist states during the Cold War; the government and the political organization of the country were defined by the only political party, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
