Soviet Socialist Republics

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The Soviet Socialist Republics were the constituent republic-level units of the Soviet Union, each nominally sovereign but centrally controlled by the communist government in Moscow.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative divisions
constituent republics
federal subjects
actualStatus centrally controlled units
capitalOfUnionGovernment Moscow
centralGovernment Council of Ministers of the USSR
Supreme Soviet of the USSR
centralPartyAuthority Central Committee of the CPSU
country Soviet Union
defenseControl central Soviet authorities
dissolutionProcess triggered by declarations of sovereignty by republics
earlierConstituentRepublic Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
economicPlanning Gosplan
executiveBody Council of Ministers of the republic
federalStructure union republics with their own constitutions
foreignPolicyPowers formally limited
governingIdeology Marxism–Leninism
headOfRepublicTitle First Secretary of the Communist Party of the republic
headOfStateTitle Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the republic
highestRepublicInstitution Supreme Soviet of the republic
includedRepublic Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Estonian SSR

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Kazakh SSR

Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Latvian SSR

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR

Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Soviet Ukraine

Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
languagePolicy official status for titular national languages in each republic
promotion of Russian as lingua franca
legalFramework Constitution of the Soviet Union
militaryOrganization Soviet Armed Forces
linked to: Soviet armed forces
nominalStatus sovereign states
numberOfRepublicsAtDissolution 15
partOf Soviet Union
politicalSystem one-party socialist state
rightOfSecession formally guaranteed in the USSR constitution
not practically exercisable until late 1980s
rulingParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
securityOrgans KGB
successorEntities post-Soviet independent states
timePeriod 1922–1991

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baltic states formerStatus Soviet Socialist Republics
Kyrgyzstan formerPoliticalStatus Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Soviet Socialist Republics
Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union governs union republics of the USSR
linked to: Soviet Socialist Republics
Latvia formerPoliticalStatus Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Soviet Socialist Republics
Azerbaijan formerPoliticalStatus Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Soviet Socialist Republics
VLKSM scope all-Union
linked to: Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet Jewry locatedIn Central Asian Soviet republics
linked to: Soviet Socialist Republics
Criminal Codes of the Union Republics jurisdiction Union republics of the USSR
linked to: Soviet Socialist Republics
Constitution of the RSFSR (1918) definesStateAs socialist republic of soviets
linked to: Soviet Socialist Republics
Latvian SSR constitutionalStatus union republic of the USSR
linked to: Soviet Socialist Republics
Kirov Theatre ownedBy State (Soviet Union)
linked to: Soviet Socialist Republics