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Soviet Union

1922–1991

The Soviet Union was the world's first communist state, spanning Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. It industrialized by force, beat Nazi Germany, and became a nuclear superpower. It dissolved peacefully in 1991.

Facts

Founded: 30 December 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics formed.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Soviet Union
Ended: 25 December 1991, dissolved; Russia succeeded it.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Soviet Union
Heartland: Eurasia, capital Moscow.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Soviet Union
Major rulers: Vladimir Lenin, the founder; Joseph Stalin, the tyrant; Nikita Khrushchev; Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Soviet Union

Images

Red Square in Moscow, the ceremonial heart of the Soviet state. (Wikimedia Commons)

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