State

Soviet Union

former country in Eurasia (1922–1991)

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1922–1945
Founded
1922
Ended
1991
Capital
Moscow
Government
soviet republic, parliamentary republic, one-party state, federation
Languages
Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Religion
secular state
Preceded by
Russian Socialist Federative Soviet RepublicInterwar Latvia
Succeeded by
RussiaUkraineBelarusMoldovaGeorgiaArmeniaAzerbaijanKazakhstan

Overview

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. It was the world's third-most populous country, the largest by area, and bordered twelve other countries. A diverse multinational state, it was organized as a federal union of national republics, with the largest and most populous being the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (SFSR). The world's flagship communist state, it was governed by the Communist Party under Marxism–Leninism, through soviet councils. The Soviet economy was also centrally planned. Its capital and largest city was Moscow.

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All rulers (2)

  1. Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin1922–1938
  2. Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin1938–1946

Records (184)

  1. 1917–1922 — Russian Civil WarWar
  2. 1917–1944 — Soviet-Finnish warsWar
  3. 1919 — 1919 Soviet invasion of UkraineInvasion
  4. 1919 — Battle for the DonbassCampaign
  5. 1919 — June Offensive of the AFSRCampaign
  6. 1920 — Union Treaty between the RSFSR and the Ukrainian SSR (1920)Treaty
  7. 1921 — Peace of RigaTreaty
  8. 1921 — Action of 9 January 1921Naval battle
  9. 1921 — Joint Repatriation CommissionTreaty
  10. 1922–1991 — Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsTreaty
  11. 1924 — August UprisingRebellion
  12. 1924 — The Ruisi massacreMassacre
  13. 1925 — Soviet–Japanese Basic ConventionTreaty
  14. 1929–1930 — Alakat RebellionRebellion
  15. 1929–1930 — Isaxan RebellionRebellion
  16. 1931–1934 — Kazym RebellionRebellion
  17. 1932–1939 — Soviet–Japanese border conflictsWar
  18. 1932 — Soviet-French non-aggression pact (1932)Treaty
  19. 1934–1943 — MandaladaRebellion
  20. 1935 — Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual AssistanceTreaty
  21. 1936 — Jinchanggou IncidentBattle
  22. 1937 — Kanchazu Island incidentBattle
  23. 1937 — Latvian Operation of the NKVDMassacre
  24. 1937–1938 — Finnish Operation of the NKVDMassacre
  25. 1938 — Battle of Lake KhasanBattle
  26. 1939–1940 — Winter WarWar
  27. 1939 — Soviet invasion of PolandInvasion
  28. 1939 — Battles of Khalkhin GolBattle
  29. 1939 — Soviet–Lithuanian Mutual Assistance TreatyTreaty
  30. 1939 — Soviet–Estonian Mutual Assistance TreatyTreaty
  31. 1939 — Soviet–Latvian Mutual Assistance TreatyTreaty
  32. 1939 — Battle of KeljaBattle
  33. 1939 — Battle of RozvegovBattle
  34. 1939 — Dong'an Town IncidentBattle
  35. 1940 — Katyn massacreMassacre
  36. 1940 — Moscow Peace TreatyTreaty
  37. 1940 — German–Soviet Axis talksTreaty
  38. 1940 — Battle of Raate RoadBattle
  39. 1940 — German–Soviet Commercial AgreementTreaty
  40. 1940 — Agreement between the USSR and Finland on the Åland IslandsTreaty
  41. 1940 — Zhestianaya Gorka massacreMassacre
  42. 1941 — Operation BarbarossaInvasion
  43. 1941–1945 — Eastern FrontWar
  44. 1941–1944 — Siege of LeningradSiege
  45. 1941–1942 — Battle of MoscowBattle
  46. 1941–1944 — Continuation WarWar
  47. 1941 — Anglo-Soviet invasion of IranInvasion
  48. 1941–1942 — Siege of SevastopolSiege
  49. 1941 — Battle of SmolenskBattle
  50. 1941 — Soviet–Japanese Neutrality PactTreaty
  51. 1941–1942 — Crimean CampaignCampaign
  52. 1941 — NKVD prisoner massacresMassacre
  53. 1941 — Sikorski–Mayski agreementTreaty
  54. 1941 — Medvedev Forest massacreMassacre
  55. 1941–1944 — Oranienbaum BridgeheadSiege
  56. 1941 — Tikhvin offensiveBattle
  57. 1941 — Pripyat swampsMassacre
  58. 1941 — German–Soviet Border and Commercial AgreementTreaty
  59. 1941 — Frontier battles of Operation BarbarossaBattle
  60. 1941 — Christmas massacre (mass murder in Simferopol)Massacre
  61. 1941 — Ninth Fort massacres of November 1941Massacre
  62. 1941 — Battle of VóljovBattle
  63. 1941 — Battle for ChernigovBattle
  64. 1941 — Lychkovo massacreMassacre
  65. 1941 — Valozhyn-Tarasovo Death RoadMassacre
  66. 1941 — Battle of MinskBattle
  67. 1941 — Battle of NikitovkaBattle
  68. 1941 — Massacre in KuressaareMassacre
  69. 1941 — Battle of Brody-DubnoBattle · Germany ▸ USSR
  70. 1941 — Battle of BryanskBattle · Germany ▸ USSR
  71. 1941 — Battle of ChernigovkaBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  72. 1941 — Battle of KareliaBattle · Finland ▸ USSR
  73. 1941 — Battle of KievBattle · Germany ▸ USSR
  74. 1941 — Battle of PerekopBattle · Germany ▸ USSR
  75. 1941 — Battle of RostovBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  76. 1941 — Battle of SoltsyBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  77. 1941 — Battle of UmanBattle · Germany ▸ USSR
  78. 1941 — Battle of VyazmaBattle · Germany ▸ USSR
  79. 1942–1943 — Battle of StalingradBattle
  80. 1942 — Defense of the Adzhimushkay quarryBattle
  81. 1942 — Battle of KalachBattle
  82. 1942 — Ust-Usa uprisingRebellion
  83. 1942–1943 — Operation EisbärMassacre
  84. 1942–1943 — Second Defensive Battle at the DonBattle
  85. 1942 — Lake Ilmen actionBattle
  86. 1942 — Battle of OrdzhonikidzeBattle
  87. 1942 — Battle in the small bend of the DonBattle
  88. 1942 — Tripartite treaty of AllianceTreaty
  89. 1942 — The Anglo-Soviet-Iranian Treaty (1942)Treaty
  90. 1942 — Attack of the U-209 on the convoy near Matveyev IslandNaval battle
  91. 1942 — Battle of KerchBattle · Germany ▸ USSR
  92. 1942 — Battle of KharkovBattle · Germany ▸ USSR
  93. 1942 — Battle of KotelnikovoBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  94. 1942 — Battle of RostovBattle · Germany ▸ USSR
  95. 1942 — Battle of RzhevBattle · Germany ▸ USSR
  96. 1942 — Battle of VoronezhBattle · Germany ▸ USSR
  97. 1943 — Battle of KurskBattle
  98. 1943 — Battle of ProkhorovkaBattle
  99. 1943 — Kerch–Eltigen OperationBattle
  100. 1943 — Battle of Krasny BorBattle
  101. 1943 — Battle of SokolovoBattle
  102. 1943 — Novorossiysk-Taman operationBattle
  103. 1943 — Operation HermannMassacre
  104. 1943 — Kursk ArcBattle
  105. 1943 — Malin massacreMassacre
  106. 1943 — Melitopol OffensiveBattle
  107. 1943 — Operation SchneehaseMassacre
  108. 1943 — North-Caucasian offensive operationBattle
  109. 1943 — Krasnodar OffensiveBattle
  110. 1943 — Remel massacreCoup
  111. 1943 — Battle of DnieperBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  112. 1943 — Battle of Kharkov (1st)Battle · Germany ▸ USSR
  113. 1943 — Battle of Kharkov (2nd)Battle · USSR ▸ Germany
  114. 1943 — Battle of KievBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  115. 1943 — Battle of MelitopolBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  116. 1943 — Battle of NovorossiskBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  117. 1943 — Battle of OrelBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  118. 1943 — Battle of SmolenskBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  119. 1943 — Battle of ZhitomirBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  120. 1944–1945 — Lapland WarWar
  121. 1944 — Crimean OffensiveBattle
  122. 1944 — Moscow ArmisticeTreaty
  123. 1944 — Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy PocketBattle
  124. 1944 — Battle of DebrecenBattle
  125. 1944 — Leningrad–Novgorod OffensiveBattle
  126. 1944 — Battle for NarvaBattle
  127. 1944 — Battle of RadzyminBattle
  128. 1944 — Koniuchy massacreMassacre
  129. 1944 — Khaibakh massacreMassacre
  130. 1944 — Nikopol–Krivoi Rog OffensiveBattle
  131. 1944 — Battle of NietjärviBattle
  132. 1944 — Battle of GurbyBattle
  133. 1944 — Battle of Nerva IslandBattle
  134. 1944 — Soviet-Bulgarian WarWar
  135. 1944 — Battle of StryhanyBattle
  136. 1944 — Liberation of East FinnmarkBattle
  137. 1944 — Battle of TernopilBattle
  138. 1944 — Operation CormorantMassacre
  139. 1944 — Battle of SurkontyBattle
  140. 1944 — Battle of BeshuiBattle
  141. 1944 — Treaty on Union and Mutual Assistance between the USSR and the French Republic (1944)Treaty
  142. 1944 — Landing of Turkestan legionnaires near GuryevBattle
  143. 1944 — Battle of DaugavpilsBattle
  144. 1944 — Zavadivka massacreMassacre
  145. 1944 — Battle of BelorussiaBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  146. 1944 — Battle of BobruyskBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  147. 1944 — Battle of Jassy-KishinevBattle · USSR ▸ Romania, Germany
  148. 1944 — Battle of Kamenets PodolskBattle · Germany ▸ USSR
  149. 1944 — Battle of KerchBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  150. 1944 — Battle of KirovogradBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  151. 1944 — Battle of KorsunBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  152. 1944 — Battle of Krivoy RogBattle · USSR ▸ Germany, Romania
  153. 1944 — Battle of MinskBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  154. 1944 — Battle of MogilevBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  155. 1944 — Battle of OdessaBattle · USSR ▸ Romania, Germany
  156. 1944 — Battle of PerekopBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  157. 1944 — Battle of RigaBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  158. 1944 — Battle of SevastopolBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  159. 1944 — Battle of UmanBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  160. 1944 — Battle of VilnaBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  161. 1944 — Battle of VitebskBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  162. 1944 — Battle of VyborgBattle · USSR ▸ Finland
  163. 1945 — Potsdam ConferenceTreaty
  164. 1945 — Battle of BerlinBattle
  165. 1945 — Soviet invasion of ManchuriaInvasion
  166. 1945 — Japanese Instrument of SurrenderTreaty
  167. 1945 — Siege of BreslauBattle
  168. 1945 — Battle of KalniškėBattle
  169. 1945 — Battle of KosmachBattle
  170. 1945 — Siege of DanzigBattle
  171. 1945 — Battle of RadekhivBattle
  172. 1945 — Battle of KiauneliškisBattle
  173. 1945 — Battle of Mrzygłody and GruszkaBattle
  174. 1945 — Battle of ZhovkvaBattle
  175. 1945 — Battle of LiepakojaiBattle
  176. 1945 — Battle of KołoBattle
  177. 1945 — Battle of Lėno ForestBattle
  178. 1945 — Battle of the PaliBattle
  179. 1945 — Battle of PanaraBattle
  180. 1945 — Battle of VirtukųBattle
  181. 1945 — Battle of MerkinėBattle
  182. 1945 — Battle of AžagaiBattle
  183. 1945 — Battle of KonigsbergBattle · USSR ▸ Germany
  184. 1945 — Battle of PillauBattle · USSR ▸ Germany

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