Союз Советских Социалистических Республик¹
Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik¹
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
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Motto
Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!
(Translit.: Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes!)
Translation: Workers of the world, unite! |
Anthem
The Internationale (1922–1944)
Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) |
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| Capital |
Moscow |
| Language(s) |
Russian (de facto),
14 other official languages |
| Government |
Socialist republic |
| General Secretary |
| - 1922–1924 (first) |
Vladimir Lenin |
| - 1985–1991 (last) |
Mikhail Gorbachev |
| Premier |
| - 1923–1924 (first) |
Vladimir Lenin |
| - 1991 (last) |
Ivan Silayev |
| History |
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| - Established |
December 30 |
| - Disestablished |
December 26 19912 |
| Area |
| - 1991 |
22,402,200 km² (8,649,538 sq mi) |
| Population |
| - 1991 est. |
293,047,571 |
| Density |
13.1 /km² (33.9 /sq mi) |
| Currency |
Ruble (SUR) |
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1Official names of the USSR
Internet TLD: .su Calling code: +7
2On 21 December 1991, eleven of the former socialist republics declared in Alma-Ata (with the twelfth republic - Georgia - attending as an observer) that with the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ceases to exist. |