Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, also called The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (?????????? ?????; tr.: Sovetsky Soyuz or {{lang-ru|????? ?????????? ????????????????? ??????????}} (????) {{Audio|Ru-CCCP.ogg|listen}}; tr.: Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik ), was an officially socialist state founded in 1922, centered on Russia, and dissolved in 1991. From 1945 until its dissolution it was historically notable as one of the world's two superpowers.

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Tr. - Socialist - 1922 - Russia - 1991 - 1945 - Superpower

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The formation of the Soviet Union was the culmination of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which overthrew Tsar Nicholas II, and later the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War from 1918-1920. The geographic boundaries of the Soviet Union varied, and in its later years it approximately corresponded to that of historic Imperial Russia, with the notable exclusions of Poland and Finland.

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1917 - Russian Revolution - Tsar - Nicholas II - Bolshevik - Russian Civil War - 1918 - 1920 - Imperial Russia - Poland - Finland

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The Soviet Union, founded three decades before the Cold War, became a primary model for future Communist nations; the socialist government and the political organization of the country were defined by the only permitted political party, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

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Cold War - Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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