Soviet Union
The Communist state that signed a pact with Germany in 1939, was invaded in 1941 and bore the heaviest losses of the war.
OrganizationAlso known as USSR
30 Dec 1922 – 26 Dec 1991
Over time
member of
Warsaw Pact
enemy of
Afghan mujahideen
dissolved by
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
invaded
Afghanistan
launched
Luna 1
Luna 2
Luna 3
Luna 9
Venera 4
Venera 7
Luna 16
Lunokhod 1
Mars 2
Mars 3
Venera 9
Venera 13
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- Identifiers
- Wikidata Q15180
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- member of:
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- Warsaw Pact14 May 1955 – 1 Jul 1991
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- location of:
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- ally of:
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- enemy of:
- Afghan mujahideensince 1979
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- dissolved by:
- Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Unionsince 26 Dec 1991
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- invaded:
- Afghanistansince 24 Dec 1979
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- launched:
- Luna 1since 2 Jan 1959
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- Luna 16since 12 Sep 1970
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- Luna 2since 12 Sep 1959
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- Luna 3since 4 Oct 1959
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- Luna 9since 31 Jan 1966
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- Lunokhod 1since 10 Nov 1970
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- Mars 2since 19 May 1971
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- Mars 3since 28 May 1971
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- Venera 13since 30 Oct 1981
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- Venera 4since 12 Jun 1967
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- Venera 7since 17 Aug 1970
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- Venera 9since 8 Jun 1975
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- led by:
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Appears in98 items
- 1989: The Wall Comes Down4 items
- A History of Film1 item
- Chernobyl1 item
- Chess: From Chaturanga to AlphaZero3 items
- Climate Science1 item
- Flight: Wright Flyer to Concorde2 items
- Genetics: Mendel to CRISPR1 item
- Robotic Explorers of the Solar System3 items
- Telegraph to Smartphone1 item
- The Automobile: From Benz to BYD2 items
- The Cold War
- Marshall announces his plan at Harvard5 Jun 1947
- Kennan’s “X” articleJul 1947
- Berlin Blockade and Airlift24 Jun 1948
- The first Soviet atomic bomb29 Aug 1949
- Stalin dies5 Mar 1953
- The East German uprising17 Jun 1953
- The Warsaw Pact14 May 1955
- Hungarian Revolution23 Oct 1956
- Soviet tanks return to Budapest4 Nov 1956
- Sputnik4 Oct 1957
- The U-2 is shot down1 May 1960
- Patrice Lumumba is killed17 Jan 1961
- Tanks at Checkpoint Charlie27 Oct 1961
- Tsar Bomba30 Oct 1961
- The Cuban Missile Crisis22 Oct 1962
- The Partial Test Ban Treaty5 Aug 1963
- The Prague Spring5 Jan 1968
- The Warsaw Pact invades Czechoslovakia21 Aug 1968
- Soviet and Chinese troops clash on the Ussuri2 Mar 1969
- Nixon in China21 Feb 1972
- The Helsinki Final Act1 Aug 1975
- The “Second Cold War”Dec 1979
- NATO’s double-track decision12 Dec 1979
- Soviet war in Afghanistan24 Dec 1979
- Storm-333: the attack on Tajbeg Palace27 Dec 1979
- “An evil empire”8 Mar 1983
- Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down1 Sep 1983
- Petrov’s false alarm26 Sep 1983
- Able Archer 837 Nov 1983
- Gorbachev takes over11 Mar 1985
- Stingers over Jalalabad25 Sep 1986
