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  1. Soviet Union - Wikipedia

    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[o][p] (USSR), [q] also known as the Soviet Union, [r] was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until its dissolution in 1991.

  2. Soviet Union | History, Leaders, Flag, Map, & Anthem | Britannica

    5 days ago · Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; U.S.S.R.), former northern Eurasian empire (1917/22–1991) stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, in its final …

  3. What Was the USSR and Which Countries Were in It? - ThoughtCo

    May 6, 2025 · The USSR was a large communist country made up of Russia and 14 other countries. The USSR was founded in 1922 and dissolved in 1991 after Gorbachev's reforms failed.

  4. Soviet Union - Countries, Cold War & Collapse | HISTORY

    Sep 1, 2017 · A 1922 treaty between Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Transcaucasia (modern Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

  5. Soviet Union - Wikiwand

    The USSR was one of the most advanced industrial states during its existence. It had the world's second-largest economy and largest standing military. As a nuclear state, it wielded the largest …

  6. Soviet Union - New World Encyclopedia

    Efforts to develop a capitalist economy while creating a new socialist government system failed. What resulted was a command economic system with an increasingly totalitarian political system. During …

  7. Soviet Union – DW

    Oct 15, 2025 · The Soviet Union was a transcontinental state comprising of 15 republics that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

  8. USSR: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

    Sep 11, 2024 · The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. It was a single-party state governed …

  9. The Soviet Socialist Republics | World History - Lumen Learning

    The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a federation of Soviet Republics that were outwardly independent nations, but existed essentially as satellite states under …

  10. Beneath the ban of abortion: Evidence from the USSR | CEPR

    1 day ago · Recent years have seen a renewed push to restrict abortion in many countries. This column examines the consequences of the abortion ban introduced in the Soviet Union in 1936. Birth rates …