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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly known as the Soviet Union was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. It was a founding member of the United Nations as well as one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (see Soviet Union and the United Nations).
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [t] (USSR), [u] commonly known as the Soviet Union, [v] was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area , extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries , and the third-most populous country .
The Russian Federation is widely seen as the legal continuator state and is for most purposes the heir to the Soviet Union. It retained ownership of all former Soviet embassy properties, inheriting the full Soviet nuclear arsenal , and also inherited the Soviet Union's UN membership , with its permanent seat on the Security Council .
The "URSS"'s (USSR's) Tupolev ANT-25 N025 in flightURSS is an alternative spelling of USSR.In other languages, it stands for Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas (), Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques (), Unyon ng mga Republikang Sosyalistang Sobyet (), Uni Republik Sosialis Soviet (), Unione delle Repubbliche Socialiste Sovietiche (), União das Repúblicas Socialistas ...
The Soviet Union had around 23,000 tanks available of which 14,700 were combat-ready. [161] Around 11,000 tanks were in the western military districts that faced the German invasion force. [11] Hitler later declared to some of his generals, "If I had known about the Russian tank strength in 1941 I would not have attacked". [162]
The Soviet Union recognized the independence of Baltic republics on 6 September 1991. [129] Georgia cut all ties with the Soviet Union on 7 September, citing the failure to receive a "sufficiently grounded answer" why the USSR did not recognise its independence when it had recognised the Baltic States' secession. [130]
In 1950, the Soviet Union protested against the fact that the Chinese seat at the United Nations Security Council was held by the Nationalist government of China, and boycotted the meetings. [92] While the Soviet Union was absent, the UN passed a resolution condemning North Korean actions and eventually offered military support to South Korea. [93]
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area , extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries , and the third-most populous country .