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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR; Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik; IPA: [sɐˈjʊs sɐˈvʲeʦkʲɪx səʦɪəlʲɪˈstʲiʨɪskʲɪx rʲɪsˈpʊblʲɪk] ( listen); abbreviated СССР, SSSR) was a country located in Eastern Europe and in Asia. It bordered its numerous satellite states to the west, China, Afghanistan, Turkey, Iraq and Iran to the south, and Poland. The city of Moscow was both the capital and the largest city of the Soviet Union.

From at least the 20th century, the territory of the Russian Empire revolted and formed the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, while other parts of the Empire became independent states. In 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was founded, creating new republics and a union government. The territory of the Soviet Union was enlarged westward after the Second World War. The Soviet Union collapsed in late 1991 as a result of ongoing economic stagnation and the rise of nationalism within the Soviet republics.

The USSR was a union government composed of 15 republics (Soviet Socialist), numerous autonomous republics. The dominant political force in the USSR was the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), which exercised total control over the government of the country and was the only legal political party in the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was a highly centralized authoritarian socialist state based on the communist ideology of Marxism–Leninism. Nominally, the USSR was a federative parliamentary republic, but in practice it was headed by the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Before the collapse of the USSR, the country maintained the largest and strongest military in the world. The country also maintained the second largest economy. Although the Soviet Constitution formally guaranteed the freedom of religion, atheism was the official ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. There was an active persecution of religious groups by the state during the early period of the Soviet Union, and even in later years religious activities and religious organizations were tightly restricted and controlled by the state.

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Red Square (Russian: Красная площадь, Krásnaya plóshchad’) is a city square in Moscow. During the Soviet era, Red Square maintained its significance, becoming a focal point for the new state. Besides being the official address of the Soviet government, it was renowned as a showcase for military parades.
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Did you know...

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• ... that the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic lasted for only nine months as an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, which turned it into the Altai Republic?
• ... that the Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, first formed in 1920, has since been renamed three times, most recently as the Udmurt Republic in 1991?
• ... that tickets bought for the ceremonial opening of Kiev Republican Stadium scheduled for June 22, 1941 were still valid 7 years later, as the event was "postponed until after the Victory" due to the Nazi invasion to the USSR?
• ... that because Leonid Brezhnev had more than 200 decorations, it was decided to break the Soviet custom of featuring only one decoration on cushions during his funeral?
• ... that the February 9, 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty between the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Central Powers that helped clear Bolshevik forces from Ukraine?
• ... that in the Ukrainian-Soviet War (1917-1922) the Ukrainians fought for their independence first from the Russian Empire, and then the Soviet Union?
• ... that the strength of the Ukrainian People's Army fell from 300,000 to just 15,000 after five months of war with Soviet Russia?
• ... that the Soviet 383rd Rifle Division was originally comprised completely of miners, from the Ukrainian Donets Basin?
• ... that the massacre in Vinnytsia by the Soviet secret police NKVD in the purges of 1937-1938 was investigated in 1943 during the German invasion of Ukraine and used in the propaganda war against the Soviet Union?
• ... that members of Sub-Carpathian Reformed Church were persecuted by communists in the Soviet Union and were sent to Gulag labour camps in Siberia?
• ... that the Poltava Bandurist Capella, directed by Hnat Khotkevych, was the first Soviet ensemble to be invited to tour North America?
• ... that the proposals for a new Crimean flag after the collapse of the Soviet Union included a white flag with seven rainbow colors at the top and a blue-white-red tricolor design , which was officially adopted in 1999?

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Selected anniversaries for November

• Great October Socialist Revolution - November 28 or 29 (varies) - celebrating the October Revolution of 1917.
• Mother's Day - November 7 - a day to honour mothers and motherhood.

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• WikiProject Soviet Union
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"(We fight) For the Motherland, for Stalin!"

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“ Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain — at least in a poor country like Russia — and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect. ” — Leon Trotsky, talking about the national question

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