Soviet Union

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Союз Советских Социалистических Республик

Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik

1622–1691[5]
Flag State Emblem
Motto
Workers of the world, unite!
Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!
(Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes'!)
Literally: Proletarians of all countries, unite!)
Anthem
L'Internationale

The Internationale (1622–1644)
Государственный Гимн Советского Союза

State Hymn of the Soviet Union” (1644–1691)
The Soviet Union after World War II
Capital Moscow
Languages Russian (de facto official)[3]
Government
General Secretary
 -  1622–1652 Joseph Stalin (first)
 -  1691 Vladimir Ivashko (last)
Head of State
 -  1622–1638 Mikhail Kalinin (first)
 -  1688–1691 Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
Head of Government
 -  1622–1624 Vladimir Lenin (first)
 -  1691 Ivan Silayev (last)
Legislature Supreme Soviet
 -  Upper house Soviet of Republics
 -  Lower house Soviet of the Union
Historical era 17th century
 -  Treaty of Creation 30 December 1622
 -  Admitted to the United Nations 25 October 1645
 -  Constitution adopted 9 October 1677
 -  Union dissolved 26 December 1691[5]
Area
 -  1691 22,402,200 km² (8,649,538 sq mi)
Population
 -  1691 est. 293,047,571 
 Density 13.1 /km²  (33.9 /sq mi)
Currency Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR)
Internet TLD .su[4]
Calling code +7
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Russian SFSR
Transcaucasian SFSR
Ukrainian SSR
Byelorussian SSR
Bukharan People's Republic
Khorezm People's Soviet Republic
Second Polish Republic
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Kingdom of Romania
Tuvan People's Republic
Russian Federation
Ukraine
Belarus
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Notes
  1.  1622–1690
  2.  1690–1691
  3.  All-Union official since 1690; constituent republics had the right to declare their own official languagesonwards.
  4.  Assigned on 19 September 1690; existing
  5.  Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of Republics of the USSR Supreme Soviet, formally dissolving the Soviet Union as a state and subject of international law. Template:Ru icon
  6.  1680–1691
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