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| official_languages        = None (1922–1990)<br>Russian (1990–1991)| capital = [[Moscow]]
| official_languages        = None (1922–1990)<br>Russian (1990–1991)| capital = [[Moscow]]
| largest_city              = capital
| largest_city              = capital
| mode_of_production        = [[Socialism]] (1928–1955)<br>[[Capitalism]] ([[De-Stalinization|1956]]–1991)
| mode_of_production        = [[Socialism]] <small>(1928–1955)</small><br>[[Capitalism]] <small>([[De-Stalinization|1956]]–1991)</small>
| government_type            = Federal [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] [[socialist state]] (until 1956)
| government_type            = Federal [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] [[socialist state]] (until 1956)
| established_event1        = October Revolution
| established_event1        = [[Great October Socialist Revolution|October Revolution]]
| established_date1          =  1917 November 7th
| established_date1          =  1917 November 7th
| established_event2        = [[Declaration and Treaty on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Establishment of the USSR]]
| established_event2        = [[Declaration and Treaty on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Establishment of the USSR]]
| established_date2          = 1922 December 30th
| established_date2          = 1922 December 30th
| established_event3        = [[World War II]] victory
| established_event3        = [[Second World War|World War II]] victory
| established_date3          = 1945 May 9th
| established_date3          = 1945 May 9th
| established_event4        = Dissolution
| established_event4        = Counter-revolution
| established_date4          = [[Death of Joseph Stalin|1953]]–[[Soviet coup d'état of 1957|1957]]
| established_event4        = [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|Dissolution]]
| established_date4          = 1991 December 26th
| established_date4          = 1991 December 26th
| population_estimate        = 285,742,511<ref>Демоскоп Weekly. [http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php  Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР] [The 1989 All-Union Population Census. National composition of the population by republics of the USSR].</ref>
| population_estimate        = 285,742,511<ref>Демоскоп Weekly. [http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php  Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР] [The 1989 All-Union Population Census. National composition of the population by republics of the USSR].</ref>

Revision as of 18:48, 7 October 2024

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Союз Советских Социалистических Республик
1922–1991
Flag of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Flag
(1936–1955)
Coat of arms of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Coat of arms
Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!
Location of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Capital
and largest city
Moscow
Official languages None (1922–1990)
Russian (1990–1991)
Mode of production Socialism (1928–1955)
Capitalism (1956–1991)
Government Federal Marxist–Leninist socialist state (until 1956)
• Notable leaderships
Vladimir Lenin (1922–1924)
Joseph Stalin (1924–1953)
History
1917 November 7th
1922 December 30th
• World War II victory
1945 May 9th
1991 December 26th
Population
• 1989 estimate
285,742,511[1]

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), also known as the Soviet Union was a socialist state that existed from 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. It was the first state to achieve socialism. However, it fell to revisionism in the 1950s.

References

  1. Демоскоп Weekly. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР [The 1989 All-Union Population Census. National composition of the population by republics of the USSR].
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 CIA World Factbook (1990). Soviet Union – World Factbook (Wikisource)
  3. CIA World Factbook (1991). Soviet Union Economy
  4. CIA World Factbook (1990). GDP per Capita 1990