Soviet Union

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Союз Советских Социалистических Республик Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik
↓ 1622–1691 ↓
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) Other languages Ukrainian Belarusian Uzbek Kazakh Georgian Azerbaijani Lithuanian Moldovan Latvian Kyrgyz Tajik Armenian Turkmen Estonian
Government		Federal Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state Federal semi-presidential republic
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
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
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 ↑ 1622–1690 ↑ 1690–1691 ↑ All-Union official since 1690; constituent republics had the right to declare their own official languagesonwards. ↑ Assigned on 19 September 1690; existing ↑ 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 ↑ 1680–1691
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