Atlas of the Soviet Union

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Soviet Union

Советский Союз Русский Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, (СССР, Советский Союз) СССР — многонациональное социалистическое государство, существовавшее в 1922—1991 годах на территории в 22,4 млн. км² (к концу своего существования), включающей европейскую и азиатскую части, которую ранее занимала (с некоторыми различиями) Российская империя. СССР был создан 30 декабря 1922 г., путем объединения РСФСР, УССР,БССР и ЗСФСР. Советский Союз состоял из союзных республик (в разные годы от 4 до 16), по конституции являющихся суверенными государствами. В состав части республик входили автономные республики, края, области, автономные области и автономные (на ранних этапах - национальные) округа. English Soviet Union The Soviet Union or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was born and expanded as a union of Soviet republics formed within the territory of the Russian Empire abolished by the Russian Revolution of 1917 followed by the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. The geographic boundaries of the Soviet Union varied with time, but after the last major territorial annexations of the Baltic States, eastern Poland, Bessarabia, and certain other territories during World War II, from 1945 until dissolution the boundaries approximately corresponded to those of late Imperial Russia, with the notable exclusions of Poland and Finland. Established by four Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR grew to contain 15 constituent or union republics by 1956: Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Byelorussian SSR, Estonian SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR, Kyrgyz SSR, Latvian SSR, Lithuanian SSR, Moldavian SSR, Russian SFSR, Tajik SSR, Turkmen SSR, Ukrainian SSR, and Uzbek SSR.[1] The republics were part of a highly centralized federal union that was dominated by the Russian SFSR. After the USSR's collapse in 1991, all 15 SSRs became independent countries. The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991. Short name Soviet Union Official name(s) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Status Independent country between 1922 and 1991. Former Permanent Member of the UN Security Council. Location East Europe, North Asia, Central Asia and Caucasus Capital Москва (Moscow) Major language(s) Russian and regional languages Major religion(s) Russian Orthodoxy, Islam More information Soviet Union. More images Soviet Union - Soviet Union (Category).

History in maps

This section holds a short summary of the history, illustrated with maps.

Evolution of the Soviet Union

European part of the USSR in the 1920s

Kurdistan Uyezd (Red Kurdistan, Kurdistan Autonomous Province) in Soviet Caucasus, 1923-1929.

АССР немцев Поволжья Wolgadeutsche Republik Volga-Germany

АССР немцев Поволжья Wolgadeutsche Republik Volga-Germany

Lokot Autonomy (Lokot Republic) map, 1941-1943

The republics of the USSR

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Map of the 1974 geographic location of various ethnic groups within the Soviet Union

Soviet Union administrative divisions, 1989

Soviet Union administrative divisions of the Caucasus 1989

Kuril Islands conflict

Notes and references

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