The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet Union / USSR / Soviet Union
Approved - April 18, 1924
Canceled - in Russia December 25, 1991
Usage - The national flag of the Soviet Union (1924-1991) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - a state that existed from 1922 to 1991 in Europe and Asia. The USSR occupied almost 1/6 of the Earth's habitable land and was the largest country in the world by area. Established on the territory, which in 1917 held the Russian empire without Finland, the Kingdom of Poland and some other areas (lands of Kars, Turkey now), but with Eastern Galicia (September 1939), Transcarpathia, part of Prussia (from June 1945 .), Northern Bukovina (June 1940), South Sakhalin and the Kuriles.
Under the Constitution of 1977, the Soviet Union was hailed as one multi-national and the socialist state.
After the Second World War, the Soviet Union had land borders with Afghanistan, Hungary, Iran, China, North Korea (9 September 1948), Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Finland, Czechoslovakia and the sea with the U.S., Sweden and Japan.
USSR was established December 30, 1922 by combining the RSFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and Byelorussian SSR ZSFSR.
Consisted of the Soviet republics (in different years from 4 to 16), the Constitution is a sovereign state Each Union Republic retained the right to withdraw from the Union. The Federal Republic was entitled to enter into relations with foreign states, conclude treaties with them and exchange diplomatic and consular representatives, to participate in international organizations. Among the 50 founding countries of the UN, along with the Soviet Union were two of his Soviet republics: the Byelorussian SSR and the Ukrainian SSR.
The structure of the republic consists of Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR), territories, autonomous regions (AR) and offline (until 1977 - National) District.
After the Second World War, the Soviet Union, along with the United States was a superpower. The Soviet Union dominated the world socialist system, and was a permanent member of the UN Security Council.