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Soviet Union
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Советский Союз
Русский Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, (СССР, Советский Союз)[1]

СССР — многонациональное социалистическое государство, существовавшее в 1922—1991 годах на территории в 22,4 млн. км² (к концу своего существования), включающей европейскую и азиатскую части, которую ранее занимала (с некоторыми различиями) Российская империя. СССР был создан 30 декабря 1922 г., путем объединения РСФСР, УССР,БССР и ЗСФСР. Советский Союз состоял из союзных республик (в разные годы от 4 до 16), по конституции являющихся суверенными государствами. В состав части республик входили автономные республики, края, области, автономные области и автономные (на ранних этапах - национальные) округа.

English Soviet Union

The Soviet Union or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was born and expanded as a union of Soviet republics formed within the territory of the Russian Empire abolished by the Russian Revolution of 1917 followed by the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. The geographic boundaries of the Soviet Union varied with time, but after the last major territorial annexations of the Baltic States, eastern Poland, Bessarabia, and certain other territories during World War II, from 1945 until dissolution the boundaries approximately corresponded to those of late Imperial Russia, with the notable exclusions of Poland and Finland. Established by four Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR grew to contain 15 constituent or union republics by 1956: Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Byelorussian SSR, Estonian SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR, Kyrgyz SSR, Latvian SSR, Lithuanian SSR, Moldavian SSR, Russian SFSR, Tajik SSR, Turkmen SSR, Ukrainian SSR, and Uzbek SSR.[1] The republics were part of a highly centralized federal union that was dominated by the Russian SFSR. After the USSR's collapse in 1991, all 15 SSRs became independent countries. The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991.


Short name Soviet Union
Official name(s) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Status Independent country between 1922 and 1991
Location East Europe and North Asia
Capital Москва[2] (Moscow)
Major language(s) Russian and regional languages
Major religion(s) Russian Orthodoxy, Islam
More information Soviet Union.
More images Soviet Union - Soviet Union (Category).

History in maps

This section holds a short summary of the history[3], illustrated with maps.

SovietEvolution.png Evolution of the Soviet Union
Karta över de europeiska delarna av Sovjetunionen på 1920-talet.jpg European part of the USSR in the 1920s
Volga German.png АССР немцев Поволжья
Wolgadeutsche Republik
Volga-Germany
Volga German03.png АССР немцев Поволжья
Wolgadeutsche Republik
Volga-Germany
USSR Republics Numbered Alphabetically.png The republics of the USSR
USSR Ethnic Groups 1974.jpg Map of the 1974 geographic location of various ethnic groups within the Soviet Union
Soviet Union Administrative Divisions 1989.jpg Soviet Union administrative divisions, 1989
Soviet Caucasus SSRs ASSRs and AOs 1989.jpg Soviet Union administrative divisions of the Caucasus 1989
Kurilenkonflikt.png Kuril Islands conflict

Notes and references

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  1. Romanization of Russian according to the BGN/PCGN standard: Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, (SSSR, Sovetskiy Soyuz. Another used romanization is the ISO 9 standard.
  2. Romanization of Russian according to the BGN/PCGN standard: Moskva. Another used romanization is the ISO 9 standard.
  3. The text of the summary of the history is mainly based on the text in Wikipedia.

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