USSR
Dissolved in 1991
USSR is an abbreviation for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the communist state that existed from 1922 to 1991, comprising Russia and fourteen other republics.
The term appears in historical contexts: The USSR collapsed in 1991, Cold War tensions between the USA and USSR.
Now largely replaced by "Soviet Union" in casual reference or "Russia" when speaking of the successor state.
Soviet state founder
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
- KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
- BrezhnevSoviet general secretary
- TrotskyExiled Soviet revolutionary leader
Gorbachev · Molotov · Yeltsin · general secretary · premier · chairman · cult of personality · succession
Soviet reform initiative
- glasnostSoviet transparency reform
- collapseSudden structural failure
- CISPost-Soviet regional organization
- independenceFreedom from external control
Gorbachev · Yeltsin · sovereignty · nationalism · secession · democratization · reform · breakup
Divider of forged metal
- space raceContest for orbital superiority
- Cuban Missile Crisis1962 US-Soviet nuclear standoff
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
Truman Doctrine · Marshall Plan · NATO · Warsaw Pact · Berlin Wall · detente · McCarthyism · proxy war
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- StalinismTotalitarian Communist doctrine
- communismCollective ownership system
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
proletariat · bourgeoisie · class struggle · central planning · five-year plan · redistribution · party line · socialist state
First orbital spacecraft
Eastern European sovereign state
- BelarusEastern European landlocked nation
- KazakhstanLargest landlocked country
- UzbekistanLandlocked Central Asian nation
- GeorgiaName shared by country and state
Azerbaijan · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Moldova · Armenia · Turkmenistan · Tajikistan
USSR intelligence service
- NKVDStalin-era secret police
- purgesForcible removals from power
- show trialsPropaganda-driven mock prosecutions
- deportationsForced removal from country
Siberia · labor camps · political prisoners · secret police · surveillance · dissidents · censorship · Solzhenitsyn
Moscow's grand theater
- matryoshkaRussian nesting doll
- Red SquareMoscow's central plaza
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- Trans-SiberianTraversing Russia's eastern wilderness
vodka · ballet · chess · Eisenstein · Shostakovich · Prokofiev · Tchaikovsky · literature
Political art for causes
- PravdaSoviet state newspaper
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- postersPrinted wall advertisements
red star · hammer and sickle · political education · state media · show trials · airbrushing · samizdat · dissidents
Lenin
Soviet state founder
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
- KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
- BrezhnevSoviet general secretary
Gorbachev · Trotsky · Molotov · Yeltsin · general secretary · premier · chairman · cult of personality · succession · purges
perestroika
Soviet reform initiative
- glasnostSoviet transparency reform
- collapseSudden structural failure
- CISPost-Soviet regional organization
Gorbachev · Yeltsin · independence · sovereignty · nationalism · secession · democratization · reform · breakup · transition
iron curtain
Divider of forged metal
- space raceContest for orbital superiority
- Cuban Missile Crisis1962 US-Soviet nuclear standoff
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
containment · Truman Doctrine · Marshall Plan · NATO · Warsaw Pact · Berlin Wall · detente · McCarthyism · proxy war · nuclear deterrence
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- StalinismTotalitarian Communist doctrine
- communismCollective ownership system
collectivism · proletariat · bourgeoisie · class struggle · central planning · five-year plan · redistribution · party line · socialist state · nationalization
Sputnik
First orbital spacecraft
Soyuz · Mir · Laika · space race · satellite · orbit · spacewalk
Ukraine
Eastern European sovereign state
- BelarusEastern European landlocked nation
- KazakhstanLargest landlocked country
- UzbekistanLandlocked Central Asian nation
Georgia · Azerbaijan · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Moldova · Armenia · Turkmenistan · Tajikistan · Kyrgyzstan
KGB
USSR intelligence service
- NKVDStalin-era secret police
- purgesForcible removals from power
- show trialsPropaganda-driven mock prosecutions
deportations · Siberia · labor camps · political prisoners · secret police · surveillance · dissidents · censorship · Solzhenitsyn · exile
Bolshoi
Moscow's grand theater
- matryoshkaRussian nesting doll
- Red SquareMoscow's central plaza
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
Trans-Siberian · vodka · ballet · chess · Eisenstein · Shostakovich · Prokofiev · Tchaikovsky · literature · Pasternak
agitprop
Political art for causes
- PravdaSoviet state newspaper
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
posters · red star · hammer and sickle · political education · state media · show trials · airbrushing · samizdat · dissidents · party congress
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- Russian HistorySoviet Union, tsars, Romanov, czars, tsar
- Soviet EraSoviet Union, Soviet rule, CCCP, Eastern Bloc, Soviets
- Soviet HistorySoviet Union, CCCP, Stalin, Kremlin, Bolsheviks
- Eastern BlocEastern Bloc, communist regime, Warsaw Pact, Iron Curtain, Soviet Union
- Former RepublicsRoman Republic, Dutch Republic, Weimar Republic, Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia
USSRUSA
North American nation, abbr.
United States · America · NATO · Free World · West Germany
USSRfree market
Commerce without state intervention
United States · private enterprise · market economy · Wall Street · Hong Kong
Rights-based elected governance
parliamentary democracy · constitutional republic · free society · open society · United States
- former USSRDefunct communist superpower
- USSR dissolutionCommunist superpower's fragmentation