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The Soviet Union (short for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or USSR) was a single-party Marxist–Leninist state. It existed from 1922 until 1991. It was the first country to declare itself socialist and build towards a communist society. It was a union of 14 Soviet Socialist Republics and one Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russia).

The Soviet Union was created about five years after the Russian Revolution. It was announced after Vladimir Lenin overthrew Alexander Kerensky as Russian leader. The communist government developed industry and over time became a major, powerful union. The largest country in the Union was Russia, and Kazakhstan was the second. The capital city of the Soviet Union was Moscow. The Soviet Union expanded its political control greatly after World War II. It took over the whole of Eastern Europe.

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The Soviet Union

Full name- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The Soviet Union was formed from the Russian Empire in the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution. It comprised of 15 republics: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and the three Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia (annexed in 1940).

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, also known as The Soviet Union, for short, was a group of socialist countries that came together, the biggest being Russia. It existed from 1922 to 1991 and for most purposes was treated by the rest of the world as a single country. The two most known leaders of the Soviet Union were Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin.

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It is called Russia.

Russia was certainly the largest constituent republic of the USSR but Ukraine, Kazakhstan, the Baltic republics, Belarus, Georgia and others were also part of the Soviet Union.

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It was referred to as the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика in Russian (Rossijskaja Sovjetskaja Federativnaja Sotsialističeskaja Respublika).
enion of socialist republics

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before the russian revolution the country was split up int small administrative areas called soviets,a bit like cantons in china which were answerable to the tsar.when communism was adopted and power was given to the people it was sensible to keep in place these admin centres and call the country the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics when other countries were amalgamated

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USSR for there ciitzens and CCCP for Americans

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Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика

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Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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USSR

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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Russia

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