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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Other names
Союз Советских Социалистических Республик
Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik

 

 

 

1922–1991[1]
Flag State Emblem
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)
Location of Soviet Union (USSR)
The Soviet Union after World War II
Capital Moscow
Languages Russian, many others
Religion None (State atheism)[2] (see text)
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
 -  Upper house Soviet of the Union
 -  Lower house Soviet of Nationalities
Historical era Interwar period / World War II / Cold War
 -  Treaty of Creation 30 December 1922
 -  Union dissolved 26 December 1991[1]
Area
 -  1989 22,276,060 km² (8,600,835 sq mi)
Population
 -  1989 est. 293,047,571 
     Density 13.2 /km²  (34.1 /sq mi)
Currency Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR)
Internet TLD .su2
Calling code +7
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Moldova
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Armenia
Turkmenistan
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
1On 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.

2Assigned on 19 September 1990, existing onwards.

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  1. ^ Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, formally establishing the dissolution of the Soviet Union as a state and subject of international law. (in Russian)
  2. ^ 73 Years of State Atheism in the Soviet Union, ended amid collapse in 1990