You might have heard of the Soviet Union and the USSR. Both were the same.
Also known as the Soviet Union, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) took shape in post-revolutionary Russia. Established in 1922, the USSR was a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation. It succeeded the former Russian Empire.
The USSR was the first country in the world to be based on Marxist socialism. The Declaration and Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was signed on 29 December, 1922. In the years that followed, the Soviet Union grew to become one of the world’s most powerful and influential states.
The confederation was made of fifteen republics namely Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. During its existence, the USSR was the largest country by area in the world.
Things changed in 1991: the Soviet Union dissolved after the collapse of its communist government.
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