1922-1991
Quick Facts
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| Official Name | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
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| State Emblem |  |
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| Motto | Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! Workers of the world, unite! |
| Capital | Moscow |
| Largest City | Moscow |
| Official Language | Russian |
| National Language | Russian |
| Ethnic Groups | |
| Religion | Secular state (de jure) State atheism (de facto) |
| Demonym | Soviet |
| Government | |
| Leaders | Vladimir Lenin (1922–1924) Joseph Stalin (1924–1953) Georgy Malenkov (1953) Nikita Khrushchev (1953–1964) Leonid Brezhnev (1964–1982) Yuri Andropov (1982–1984) Konstantin Chernenko (1984–1985) Mikhail Gorbachev (1985–1991) |
| Total area | 22,402,200 sq mi 8,649,500 km2 |
| Population | Census (1989): 286,730,819 |
| Currency | Soviet ruble |
| GDP 1989 estimate | |
| Time zone | (UTC+2 to +12) |
| Date format | - |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +7 |
| ISO 3166 code | SU |
| Internet TLD | .su |