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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Other names Союз Советских Социалистических Республик Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik | ||||||
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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) | ||||||
The Soviet Union after World War II
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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 | |||||
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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- ^ 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)
- ^ 73 Years of State Atheism in the Soviet Union, ended amid collapse in 1990