Explanation
The Soviet Union officially broke up in 1991, leading to the emergence of 15 sovereign states.
This dissolution marked the end of the Cold War and the establishment of new independent countries.
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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History of the Soviet Union
Background
1917–1927: Establishment (founded)
1927–1953: Stalinism
1953–1964: Khrushchev Thaw
1964–1982: Era of Stagnation
1982–1991: Decline and collapse (dissolved)
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A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics
It was the largest country in the world, covering over 22,402,200 square kilometers (8,649,500 sq mi)
spanning eleven time zones.
Capital and largest city: Moscow
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Leader
• 1922–1924: Vladimir Lenin
• 1924–1953: Joseph Stalin
• 1953: Georgy Malenkov
• 1953–1964 : Nikita Khrushchev
• 1964–1982: Leonid Brezhnev
• 1982–1984: Yuri Andropov
• 1984–1985: Konstantin Chernenko
• 1985–1991: Mikhail Gorbachev
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Head of state
• 1922–1946 (first): Mikhail Kalinin
• 1988–1991 (last): Mikhail Gorbachev
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Head of government
• 1922–1924 (first): Vladimir Lenin
• 1991 (last): Ivan Silayev
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Currency: Soviet ruble (Rbl) (SUR)
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