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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [r] (USSR), [s] commonly known as the Soviet Union, [t] 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 .
A union of multiple subnational Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized. The Soviet Union was a one-party state, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital. It was a major ally during World War II, a main participant in the Cold War, and it grew in power to become one of the world's two superpowers ...
The Soviet Union had the longest borders of any contemporary country, extending approx. 60,000 km (37,000 mi). [1] [2] They measured some 10,000 kilometers (6,213.7 mi) from Kaliningrad on Gdańsk Bay in the west to Ratmanova Island (Big Diomede Island) in the Bering Strait - the rough equivalent of the distance from Edinburgh, Scotland, westwards to Nome, Alaska.
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The Soviet Union entered World War II on 17 September 1939 with its invasion of Poland, [137] in accordance with a secret protocol within the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany. [138] The Soviet Union later invaded Finland, [139] and occupied and annexed the Baltic states, [140] as well as parts of Romania.
English: Republics of the Soviet Union, numbered alphabetically by the English names of the post-soviet states: 1 Armenia, 2 Azerbaijan, 3 Belarus, 4 Estonia, 5 Georgia, 6 Kazakhstan, 7 Kyrgyzstan, 8 Latvia, 9 Lithuania, 10 Moldova, 11 Russia, 12 Tajikistan, 13 Turkmenistan, 14 Ukraine, 15 Uzbekistan
Current events; Random article; ... Military locations of the Soviet Union (2 C, 5 P) N. ... Official names of the Soviet Union; S.
Administrative divisions of the Soviet Union by republic Republic Autonomous republics Oblasts Krais Autonomous oblasts Autonomous okrugs; Armenian SSR: Azerbaijan SSR: 1: 1: Byelorussian SSR: 6: Estonian SSR: Georgian SSR: 2: 1: Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940–1956) Kazakh SSR: 19: Kirghiz SSR: 4–7: Latvian SSR: Lithuanian SSR: Moldavian SSR: 7 ...