Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, Sojuz Sovetskih Socialističeskih Respublik), also known as the Soviet Union ( Советский Союз, Sovetskij Sojuz) and USSR (СССР, SSSR) is a socialist state in. Its Asian half is bordered by China, Mongolia, Korea and shares coastal borders with Nippon, while its European half is bordered by Poland, Finland, Hungary, etc. etc. It is the largest continuous country in the world.

The socialist state on territory of former Russian Empire was created when Vladimir Lenin and the Communist Party overthrew the during the events of the  in November 7, 1917, leading to the creation of the Russian Soviet Republic. The creation of the USSR as a de-jure federal union of Soviet republics, including Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia and now defunct Transcaucasia, was proclaimed in 1922 with the. While initially established as a, the Soviet Union went through democratic reforms after the Second Great War, eventually instituting a political system similar to those of early Soviet Russia.

The country is a member of the Third Communist International and one of its leading members, alongside with the United Republics. USSR is one of the world's superpowers with one of its largest economies and militaries.

Pre-revolution
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Until the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in March 1917, the territory of what will be known as the Soviet Union was a part of the Russian Empire. Although de-jure the Empire by 1917 was a constitutional monarchy in accordance to the 1905 Constitution, adopted as the result of the 1905-1907 Revolution, the powers of the monarch were in fact unchecked.

Environment and geography
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