Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik)
Official flag Official Coat of Arms
National information
National motto:	(Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes'!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!)
National anthem:	Hymn of the Soviet Union
About the people
Official languages:	Russian
Population: (# of people)
- Total:	300,000,000
- Density:	13.08 per km²
Geography / Places
Here is the country on a map of the world.
Capital city:	Moscow
Largest city:	Moscow
Area
- Total:	22,402,200 km² (ranked 1)
- Water:	not available km² (?%%)
Politics / Government
Established:	From the Russian Empire (December 30 1922)
Leaders:	? See below ?
Economy / Money
Currency: (Name of money)	Ruble (рубль.)
International information
Time zone:	{{{utcoffset}}}
Telephone dialing code:	{{{dialingcode}}}
Internet domain:	.su

The Soviet Union (short for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)) was a socialist group of countries that came together. The largest of these countries was Russia, followed by Ukraine. The capital city of the Soviet Union was Moscow. The Soviet Union existed from 1922 to 1991.

Contents 1 Leaders 2 Holidays 3 Republics of the Soviet Union 3.1 Soviet Republics 3.2 Independent Countries

[change] Leaders

• Vladimir Lenin
• Josef Stalin
• Nikita Khrushchev
• Leonid Brezhnev
• Yuri Andropov
• Konstantin Chernenko
• Mikhail Gorbachev

[change] Holidays

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Новый Год
February 23	Soviet Army's Day	День Советской Армии и Военно-Морского Флота	February Revolution, 1917, Start of the Red Army, 1918
March 8	International Women's Day	Международный Женский День
May 1	International Labor Day (May Day)	Первое Мая - День Солидарности Трудящихся
May 9	Victory Day	День Победы	The win over Nazi Germany in World War II, 1945
November 7-November 8	Great October Socialist Revolution	Седьмое Ноября	October Revolution 1917; it is currently called День Примирения

[change] Republics of the Soviet Union

The Soviet Union was made of 15 republics. These were either Soviet Socialist Republics, or Soviet Socialist Federal Republics. Each of these republics was independent. It also had the right to leave the union. The Federal Republics were different in that they had more autonomy, and were made up of states themselves. These were often called Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics. There were a number of them. Most of them still exist; though they are now republics, within the independent state. The Tatar ASSR turned into the Republic of Tatarstan, for example (It is located around Kazan. Tatars make up 3.8% of the population of Russia)

[change] Soviet Republics

1. Armenian SSR (Soviet Socialist Republic)
2. Azerbaijan SSR
3. Byelorussian SSR
4. Estonian SSR
5. Georgian SSR
6. Kazakh SSR
7. Kyrgyz SSR
8. Latvian SSR
9. Lithuanian SSR
10. Moldavian SSR
11. Russian SFSR (Soviet Federal Socialist Republic)
12. Tajik SSR
13. Turkmen SSR
14. Ukrainian SSR
15. Uzbek SSR

[change] Independent Countries

1. Armenia
2. Azerbaijan
3. Belarus
4. Estonia
5. Georgia
6. Kazakhstan
7. Kyrgyzstan
8. Latvia
9. Lithuania
10. Moldova
11. Russia
12. Tajikistan
13. Turkmenistan
14. Ukraine
15. Uzbekistan