Soviet Union

The Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1922–1991) was a federal socialist state in Eurasia that was one of the two Cold War superpowers, encompassing Russia and several other now-independent republics under a single-party communist government. Its geopolitical rivalry with the United States (the Cold War) shaped global alliances, proxy conflicts like the Ogaden War, and domestic policies in many countries.

Claims that use this term

• Cold War competition with the Soviet Union drove US rural library expansion
• The Ogaden War forced Somalia to sever its military alliance with the Soviet Union
• Middle East bases persist to dominate oil reserves, not to deter the Soviet Union
• Cold War American identity was built on performed hatred of the Soviet Union.
• Treaty negotiation timelines signal a country’s real independence from the Soviet Union
• Postwar France saw America and the Soviet Union as rival visions of the future