Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Other names Союз Советских Социалистических Республик Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik | |
|---|---|
| 1922–1991[1] | |
| Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Translit.: Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes'!) English: Workers of the world, unite! | |
| Anthem: "The Internationale" (1922–1944) "National Anthem of the Soviet Union" (1944–1991) | |
.svg) The Soviet Union after World War II | |
| Capital and largest city | Moscow |
| Common languages | Russian, many others |
| Religion | None (State atheism)[2] (see text) |
| Demonym(s) | Soviet |
| Government | Union, Marxist–Leninist single-party state |
| General Secretary | |
• 1922–1952 | Joseph Stalin (first) |
• 1991 | Vladimir Ivashko (last) |
| Head of State | |
• 1922–1938 | Mikhail Kalinin (first) |
• 1988–1991 | Mikhail Gorbachev (last) |
| Head of Government | |
• 1922–1924 | Vladimir Lenin (first) |
• 1991 | Ivan Silayev (last) |
| Legislature | Supreme Soviet |
| Soviet of the Union | |
| Soviet of Nationalities | |
| Historical era | Interwar period / Cold War |
| 30 December 1922 | |
| 26 December 1991[1] | |
| Area | |
| 1991 | 22,402,200 km2 (8,649,500 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 1991 | 293,047,571 |
| Currency | Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR) (SUR) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 to +13 |
| Calling code | 7 |
| Internet TLD | .su2 |
1 Russia never seceded, this was by agreement of the 12 at time of formal dissolution, Russia assumed the rights and obligations of the dissolved central Soviet authority, Duma has declared Russia continuous. 2On 21 December 1991, eleven of the former socialist republics declared in Alma-Ata (with the 12th republic – Georgia – attending as an observer) that with the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ceases to exist. Russia views the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian SSRs as legal constituent republics of the USSR and predecessors of the modern Baltic states. | |
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