The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[o][p] (USSR), [q] also known as the Soviet Union, [r] was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until its dissolution in 1991.

Jan 7, 2026 · Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; U.S.S.R.), former northern Eurasian empire (1917/22–1991) stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific …

May 6, 2025 · The USSR was a large communist country made up of Russia and 14 other countries. The USSR was founded in 1922 and dissolved in 1991 after Gorbachev's reforms …

Sep 1, 2017 · A 1922 treaty between Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Transcaucasia (modern Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

The USSR was one of the most advanced industrial states during its existence. It had the world's second-largest economy and largest standing military. As a nuclear state, it wielded the …

Efforts to develop a capitalist economy while creating a new socialist government system failed. What resulted was a command economic system with an increasingly totalitarian political …

Sep 11, 2024 · The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. It was a single-party …

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a federation of Soviet Republics that were outwardly independent nations, but existed essentially as satellite …

Founded after the collapse of the Russian Empire and the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War, the USSR combined revolutionary ideals with centralised rule under the Communist Party.

2 days ago · The full-scale war in Ukraine entered its 1,418th day on Jan. 11, matching the length of Nazi Germany's fight against the Soviet Union during World War II. Russia has "repeated …