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The USSR and Soviet union were the same thing, in 1991 it collapsed into 15 countries.
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What kind of crap is this? The Soviet Union (USSR stands for United Soviet Socialist Republics) ceased to exist after 1991, when their economy collapsed. Not after World War II. But for the most part, you are right. The USSR does not exist anymore (because they're godless Commies), but the Russian Federation does, and so do all of the former republics. If they are asking for the current leader of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev is the current president of Russia. But if they're talking about the last leader of the USSR that was Mikhail Gorbachev. If I were you, I would just write it on the homework as Dmitry Medvedev, and if the teacher has a problem with it, tell them everything I told you.
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The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) was around from 1917 through about 1989 when it was dissolved. After 1989, it became the "Russian Federation", which is simply called, "Russia". Their current president is Dmitry Medvedev who replaced Vladimir Putin. Putin is now the Prime Minister.
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Lol god i'm always surprised at how people are ignorant. Um well okay the USSR IS THE SOVIET UNION. Which doesn't exist anymore. Not since 1991 (when it disappeared)! So in 1991 USSR dislocated and all the republics became independant countries, such as Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Belorus, etc etc. Go on wikipedia.
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The USSR was the soviet union before the cold war. Now it's Russia
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USSR=union of socialist soviet republics= Russia + a few neighbour countries.
USSR ended in the early nineties when every country went its separate way.
Comunism ended as well, so they were not soviet anymore either.
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um..put the president of Russia then? BTW the Soviet Union only collapsed like 18 years ago, not at the end of WWII....
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ussr- united soviet states of russia
the ussr is the soviet union.
since communism ended in russia in 1990 it became the russian federation...
help?
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The USSR is another name for Russia.
USSR does stand for the soviet union but i don'tt think it was ended after WW2 i am sure Russia is still know as USSRSource(s):
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"USSR" and "CCCP" redirect here. For other uses, see USSR (disambiguation) and CCCP (disambiguation).
"Soviet" redirects here. For the term itself, see soviet (council). For other uses, see Soviet (disambiguation).
Союз Советских Социалистических Республик¹
Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik¹
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
↓ 1922 – 1991 ↓
Flag Coat of arms
Motto
Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!
(Translit.: Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes!)
English translation: Workers of the world, unite!
Anthem
The Internationale (1922–1944)
Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991)
Capital Moscow
Language(s) Russian (de facto),
14 other official languages
Government Federal socialist republic, single party state
General Secretary
- 1922–1924 (first) Vladimir Lenin
- 1985–1991 (last) Mikhail Gorbachev
Premier
- 1923–1924 (first) Vladimir Lenin
- 1991 (last) Ivan Silayev
History
- Established December 30, 1922
- Disestablished December 26, 19912
Area
- 1991 22,402,200 km² (8,649,538 sq mi)
Population
- 1991 est. 293,047,571
Density 13.1 /km² (33.9 /sq mi)
Currency Ruble (SUR)
Internet TLD .su
Calling code +7
Preceded by Succeeded by
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Russia
Belarus
Ukraine
Moldova
Georgia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Estonia
Lithuania
Latvia
1Official names of the USSR
2On December 21, 1991, eleven of the former socialist republics declared in Alma-Ata (with the twelfth republic - Georgia - attending as an observer) that with the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ceases to exist.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (abbreviated USSR, Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, СССР?·i; tr.: Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, SSSR), also called the Soviet Union[1] (Russian: Советский Союз; tr.: Sovetsky Soyuz), was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. However, with the exception of a few interregnum periods (notably after the deaths of Lenin in 1924 and Stalin in 1953), the Soviet Union was a de facto dictatorship, with power resting in the hands of the General Secretary, which became a prerequisite for Soviet leadership.
Emerging from the Russian Empire following the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Russian Civil War of 1918–1921, the USSR was a union of several Soviet republics, but the synecdoche Russia—after its largest and dominant constituent state—continued to be commonly used throughout the state's existence. The geographic boundaries of the USSR varied with time, but after the last major territorial annexations of the Baltic states, eastern Poland, Bessarabia, and certain other territories during World War II, from 1945 until dissolution the boundaries approximately corresponded to those of late Imperial Russia, with the notable exclusions of Poland, most of Finland, and Alaska. The Soviet Union became the primary model for future Communist states during the Cold War; the government and the political organization of the country were defined by the only political party, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
From 1945 until dissolution in 1991—a period known as the Cold War—the Soviet Union and the United States of America were the two world superpowers that dominated the global agenda of economic policy, foreign affairs, military operations, cultural exchange, scientific advancements including the pioneering of space exploration, and sports (including the Olympic Games and various world championships).
Initially established as a union of four Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR grew to contain 15 constituent or "union republics" by 1956: Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Byelorussian SSR, Estonian SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR, Kirghiz SSR, Latvian SSR, Lithuanian SSR, Moldavian SSR, Russian SFSR, Tajik SSR, Turkmen SSR, Ukrainian SSR and Uzbek SSR. (From annexation of the Estonian SSR on August 6, 1940 up to the reorganization of the Karelo-Finnish SSR into the Karelian ASSR on July 16, 1956, the count of "union republics" was 16.)
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vladimir vladimirovich putin until the end of this year
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there was a dictator of the USSR.....
The USSR is like the soviet union. I'm soooo confused!!?
i have a homework sheet that asks for the present leader of the USSR. But i thought that the USSR like got ended after WWII and just became the Russian federation!! i am sooooo confused now i don't get it anymore! the homework's for Tuesday so i don't know what I'm going to do...
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