Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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Союз Советских Социалистических Республик Soyuz Sovyetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (Russian) | |
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7 November 1917
30 December 1922
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, is a Legacy Nation situated predominantly in the Zhar Ptitsa. The USSR is a founding member of the Communist Interstellar. It is a flagship communist state.
History
Pre-First Scinfaxi War
Human settlement on the Earth territories of the Soviet Union dates back to the Lower Paleolithic. The East Slavs emerged as a recognised group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries CE. The first East Slavic state, Kievan Rus', arose in the 9th century, and in 988, it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire. Kievan Rus' ultimately disintegrated; the Grand Duchy of Moscow led the unification of Russian lands, leading to the proclamation of the Tsardom of Russia in 1547. By the early 18th century, Russia had vastly expanded through conquest, annexation, and the efforts of Russian explorers, developing into the Russian Empire, which became one of the largest in Earth's history. However, with the Russian Revolution in 1917, Russia's monarchic rule was abolished and eventually replaced by the Russian SFSR - the world's first constitutionally socialist state, led by Vladimir Lenin. The revolution was not accepted by all within the Russian Republic, resulting in the Russian Civil War. In 1922, following the Russian Civil War, the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Byelorussian SSR, and Transcaucasian SFSR united into the Soviet Union - with federal bodies of political power historically located in the capital of Moscow. Each union republic retains state sovereignty and the right to freely withdraw from the Union. Following Lenin's death in 1924, Joseph Stalin came to power, inaugurating rapid industrialization and forced collectivization that led to significant economic growth but contributed to a famine between 1930 and 1933 that killed millions.