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Soviet Union

former country in Eurasia (1922–1991)
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Summary

Soviet Union is a federal republic[1]. It draws 330,662 Wikipedia views per month (federal republic category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Soviet Union[3]
  • Head of government: Vladimir Lenin[4], Alexei Rykov[5], Vyacheslav Molotov[6], Joseph Stalin[7], Georgy Malenkov[8], Nikolai Bulganin[9], Nikita Khrushchev[10], Alexei Kosygin[11], Nikolay Aleksandrovich Tikhonov[12], Nikolai Ryzhkov[13], Valentin Pavlov[14], Ivan Silayev[15]
  • Continent: Europe[16], Asia[17]
  • Instance of: socialist state[18], historical country[19], sovereign state[20], communist state[21], transcontinental country[22], supranational union[23], member states of the United Nations[24], permanent members of the United Nations Security Council[25], cratonym[26], state[27], counterintelligence state[28], country[29]
  • Head of state: Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin[30], Nikolai Shvernik[31], Kliment Voroshilov[32], Leonid Brezhnev[33], Anastas Mikoyan[34], Mykola Pidhornyi[35], Vasily Kuznetsov[36], Yuri Andropov[37], Constantine Chernenko[38], Andrei Gromyko[39], Mikhail Gorbachev[40]
  • Capital: Moscow[41]
  • Official language: Russian[42], Ukrainian[43], Belarusian[44]
  • Currency: Soviet ruble[45]
  • Shares border with: Czechoslovakia[46], Finland[47], Iran[48], Turkey[49], Mongolian People's Republic[50], People's Republic of China[51], North Korea[52], Afghanistan[53], Japan[54], Poland[55], Polish People's Republic[56], Bulgaria[57], Socialist Republic of Romania[58], United States[59]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .su[60]
  • Anthem: State Anthem of the Soviet Union[61]
  • Main regulatory text: Constitution of the Soviet Union[62], Belovezh Accords[63], Declaration of the USSR Council of the Republics regarding the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States[64]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Soviet Union include Maidan Nezalezhnosti[65], a square[66], in Ukraine[67], founded in 1900[68]; Sovietwave[69], a music genre[70]; kremlinology[71], a field of study[72]; Sovetskiy Soyuz[73], a nuclear-powered icebreaker[74]; U.S.S.R.[75], a song[76]; Lukiškės Square[77]; Sovetsky Strait[78]; and Sovetskaya Street[79].

Why It Matters

Soviet Union has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[80] It is known by 137 alternative names across languages and contexts.[81]

It has been cited as an influence by big-character poster[82], a type of poster[83].

Entities named for it include Maidan Nezalezhnosti[65], a square[66], in Ukraine[67], founded in 1900[68]; Sovietwave[69], a music genre[70]; kremlinology[71], a field of study[72]; Sovetskiy Soyuz[73], a nuclear-powered icebreaker[74]; U.S.S.R.[75], a song[76]; and Lukiškės Square[77].

FAQs

Who did Soviet Union influence?

Soviet Union has been cited as an influence by big-character poster[82].

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Class ancestry

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-10-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Czechoslovakia, Finland, Iran +19
    Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id → contextosculturales/1195910
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id: contextosculturales/1195910"
  2. 18d ago · WąskaZimny · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 282
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'ary', 'a
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Shares border with: Polish People's Republic"
  3. 5w ago · Infovarius · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Fourth Partition of Poland, Eastern Front +2
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Participant in: War of Attrition"
  4. 5w ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Fourth Partition of Poland, Eastern Front +2
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Participant in: Eastern Front, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273878|batch #273878]]"
  5. 10w ago · 260306u · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'СССР'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'USSR'}, {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'URSS'} +41
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Short name: ССРБ"
  6. 10w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official religion → state atheism, secular state, atheism
    Motto text → {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!, {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся!'}, {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Пралетарыі ўсіх краін, яднайцеся!'} +14
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||fr, la, co */ Cleanup: remove alias=label/mul ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  7. 11w ago · Frawce · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → countries:Soviet_Union, countries:Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics, ussr:Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics +9
    Official religion → state atheism, secular state, atheism
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Official religion: atheism"
  8. 11w ago · J 1982 · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → countries:Soviet_Union, countries:Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics, ussr:Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics +9
    Participant in → Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Fourth Partition of Poland, Eastern Front +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fandom article id: russia:Soviet_Union"
  9. 12w ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Motto text → {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!, {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся!'}, {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Пралетарыі ўсіх краін, яднайцеся!'} +14
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Motto text: Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă!"
  10. 12w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Soviet_Union
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/Soviet_Union"
  11. 15w ago · Великоросс · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'СССР'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'USSR'}, {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'URSS'} +41
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Flag image: Flag of the Soviet Union.svg"
  12. 16w ago · Daieuxetdailleurs · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Francearchives agent id → 19098393
    Harper's tag → soviet-union, ussr
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Francearchives agent id: 19098393, ajout id FranceArchives Agent d'après données en open data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/9d83b95faed|details]])"
  13. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → soviet-union, ussr
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: soviet-union, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960501|soviet union (#289960501)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  14. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0001878-Sovetsky-svaz
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0001878-Sovetsky-svaz, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  15. 21w ago · Sd5605 · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bgm.tv character id → 21204
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Bgm.tv character id: 21204"
  16. 23w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → ussr
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||no, ady */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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