Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Союз Советских Социалистических Республик Soyuz Sovietskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Union
↓ 1936–1991 ↓
Motto Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes Workers of the world, unite!
Anthem Hymn of the Soviet Union
Capital	Moscow
Government	Socialist republic
Premier
- 1922-1953	Joseph Stalin
- 1953	Georgy Malenkov
- 1953-1964	Nikita Khrushchev
- 1964-1982	Leonid Brezhnev
- 1982-1984	Yury Andropov
- 1984-1985	Konstantin Chernenko
Legislature	Supreme Soviet
- Upper house	Soviet of Nationalities
- Lower house	Soviet of the Union
History
- December 5, 1936	Constitution of 1936
- October 28, 1939	Polish territories annexed
- August 6, 1940	Accession of Moldavia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
- May 9, 1945	Germany surrenders to the USSR
- September 6, 1991	Recognition of Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian independence
- December 25, 1991	Disestablished
Area	22,402,200 km²
Population
- 1991	293,047,571
Density	13/km²
Currency	Soviet ruble
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1990) was a communist one-party state in Europe and Asia.

Premier

• Joseph Stalin (₩) (December 30, 1922 - March 5, 1953)
• Georgy Malenkov (₩) (March 5, 1953 - March 14, 1953)
• Nikita Khrushchev (₩) (March 14, 1953 - October 14, 1964)
• Leonid Brezhnev (₩) (October 14, 1964 - November 10, 1982)
• Yury Andropov (₩) (November 10, 1982 - February 9, 1984)
• Konstantin Chernenko (₩) (February 9, 1984 - March 10, 1985)
• Mikhail Gorbachev (₩) (March 10, 1985 - August 24, 1991)

Nation

• Soviet Union

Soviet Union

• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1936)

Neighbouring Nations

• Finland
• Poland
• Czechoslovakia
• Hungary
• Romania
• Turkey
• Iran
• Afghanistan
• China
• Mongolia
• Korea

References

• Soviet Union: a country study (Library of Congress)
  
• Soviet Union: a country study (archive.org)
  
• The Avalon Project: The Cold War
  
• World Statesmen.org
  
• Wikipedia
  
• Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза