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| {{Infobox Former Country
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| |native_name = Союз Советских Социалистических Республик<br />''Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik''
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| |conventional_long_name = Union of Soviet Socialist Republics <br /><small>[[Official names of the Soviet Union|Other names]]</small>
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| |common_name = Soviet Union
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| |continent = Eurasia
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| |status = Federation
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| |government_type = [[Federalism|Union]] [[Socialist state|socialist]] [[Soviet republic (system of government)|republic]], [[Single-party state|single-party]] [[communist state]]
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| |year_start = 1922
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| |year_end = 1991
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| |date_start = December 30
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| |date_end = December 26
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| |p1 = Russian SFSR
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| |flag_p1 = Flag RSFSR 1918.svg
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| |p2 = Transcaucasian SFSR
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| |flag_p2 = Flag of Transcaucasian SFSR.svg
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| |p3 = Ukrainian SSR
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| |flag_p3 = Flag of the Ukrainian SSR (1927-1937).svg
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| |p4 = Byelorussian SSR
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| |flag_p4 = Flag of the Byelorussian SSR (1919).svg
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| |s1 = Russia
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| |flag_s1 = Flag of Russia 1991-1993.svg
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| |s2 = Georgia (country){{!}}Georgia
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| |flag_s2 = Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
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| |s3 = Ukraine
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| |flag_s3 = Flag of Ukraine.svg
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| |s4 = Moldova
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| |flag_s4 = Flag of Moldova.svg
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| |s5 = Belarus
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| |flag_s5 = Flag of Belarus (1991-1995).svg
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| |s6 = Armenia
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| |flag_s6 = Flag of Armenia.svg
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| |s7 = Azerbaijan
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| |flag_s7 = Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
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| |s8 = Kazakhstan
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| |flag_s8 = Flag of Kazakh SSR.svg
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| |s9 = Uzbekistan
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| |flag_s9 = Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
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| |s10 = Turkmenistan
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| |flag_s10 = Flag of Turkmen SSR.svg
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| |s11 = Kyrgyzstan
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| |flag_s11 = Flag of Kyrgyz SSR.svg
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| |s12 = Tajikistan
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| |flag_s12 = Flag of Tajik SSR.svg
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| |s13 = Estonia{{!}}Estonia<sup>3</sup>
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| |flag_s13 = Flag of Estonia.svg
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| |s14 = Latvia{{!}}Latvia<sup>3</sup>
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| |flag_s14 = Flag of Latvia.svg
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| |s15 = Lithuania{{!}}Lithuania<sup>3</sup>
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| |flag_s15 = Flag of Lithuania 1989-2004.svg
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| |image_flag = Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
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| |flag = Flag of the Soviet Union
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| |image_coat = Coat_of_arms_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg
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| |symbol = Coat of arms of the Soviet Union
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| |symbol_type = State Emblem
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| |image_map = Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (orthographic projection).svg
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| |image_map_size = 220px
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| |image_map_caption = The Soviet Union after [[World War II]]
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| |capital = [[Moscow]]
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| |latd=55|latm=45|latNS=N|longd=37|longm=37|longEW=E
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| |largest_city =[[Moscow]]
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| |national_motto = Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!<br />([[Romanization of Russian|Translit.]]: ''Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes'!'')<br />[[English language|English]]: [[Workers of the world, unite!]]
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| |national_anthem = ''[[The Internationale]]'' (1922–1944)<br />''[[Hymn of the Soviet Union]]'' (1944–1991)
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| |common_languages = [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Languages of the Soviet Union|many others]]
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| |demonym = [[Soviet nation|Soviet]]
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| |religion = [[State atheism|None]]
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| |currency = [[Soviet ruble]] (руб) (SUR)
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| |currency_code = SUR
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| <!-- If there are more than 4 leaders, only give first and last — the infobox is not intended to list everything. -->
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| |leader1 = Vladimir Lenin
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| |leader2 = Mikhail Gorbachev
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| |year_leader1 = 1922–1924 (first)
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| |year_leader2 = 1985–1991 (last)
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| |title_leader = [[List of leaders of the Soviet Union|Leader]]
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| |stat_year1 = 1991
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| |stat_area1 = 22402200
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| |stat_pop1 = 293047571
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| |footnotes =
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| <sup>1</sup>On December 21, 1991, eleven of the former socialist republics declared in [[Alma-Ata]] (with the 12th republic – [[Georgian SSR|Georgia]] – attending as an observer) that with the formation of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ceases to exist.<br />
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| <sup>2</sup>Assigned on September 19, 1990, existing onwards.<br />
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| <sup>3</sup>The governments of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania view themselves as continuous and unrelated to the respective Soviet republics.<br />Russia views the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian SSRs as legal constituent republics of the USSR and predecessors of the modern Baltic states.<br />The Government of the [[United States]] and [[State continuity of the Baltic states#No final decision on non-recognition policy|a number of other countries]] did not recognize the invasion of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in the USSR as legal inclusion.
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| |utc_offset = +2 to +13
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| |cctld = [[.su]]<sup>2</sup>
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| |calling_code = 7
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| }}
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