The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[t] (USSR), [u] commonly known as the Soviet Union, [v] was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries, and the third-most populous country. [w] …

2 days ago · Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; U.S.S.R.), former northern Eurasian empire (1917/22–1991) stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, in its final years, consisting of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics. The capital was Moscow, then and now the capital of Russia.

Within the Soviet Union itself, URSS was the preferred Latin-script abbreviation for the country until World War II, when it was replaced with USSR. URSS may also refer to:

March 7, 2025 – Dodge City, Kansas — The United Rebel Sprint Series (URSS) is thrilled to announce the return of accomplished driver Jordan Knight for the 2025 racing season. Hailing from Wright, Kansas, Knight has been a formidable …

La Unión Soviética (en ruso: Советский Союз, romanizado: Sovetskiy Soyuz), oficialmente denominada Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas (URSS, en ruso: CCCP (Союз Советских Социалистических Республик), romanizado: SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik)), n. 1 fue un ...

Oct 31, 2013 · A chronology of key events in the history of the Soviet Union

In the Soviet Union, a Union Republic (Russian: Сою́зная Респу́блика, romanized: Soyúznaya Respúblika) or unofficially a Republic of the USSR was a constituent federated political entity with a system of government called a Soviet republic, which was officially defined in the 1977 constitution as "a sovereign Soviet socialist state which has united with the other Soviet ...

Relația dintre cei doi foști aliați s-a înrăutățit rapid și a atins apogeul în timpul blocadei sovietice a Berlinului din 1948 - 1949. URSS devenise o amenințare pentru occident din moment ce în 1949, sovieticii au testat prima bombā atomicā: RDS-1.

L'un des moteurs de la création de l'URSS fut la volonté de Vladimir Lénine d'appliquer sa doctrine fédéraliste en transformant la Russie unitaire en une union de républiques formées selon le principe des territoires ethniques jouissant d'un certain degré d'autonomie culturelle locale.

La Federazione Russa è subentrata all'URSS alla fine degli anni novanta nel Consiglio di sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite e come Russia ha aderito per un certo periodo al G8, e ha raccolto gran parte dell'eredità militare e geopolitica sovietica.