Individual #USSR__Soviet_Union__Russia__Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia an others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
instance of: country
part of: Eurasia
part: February_Revolution__Russian_Revolution the revolution against the Czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917
part: Russian_Revolution__October_Revolution the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922
part: Soviet_Socialist_Republic one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991)
part: Soviet_Russia__Russia__Russian_Soviet_Federated_Socialist_Republic formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
part: Borodino Napoleon defeated the Russians in a pitched battle at Borodino in 1812, but irreparably weakened his army
part: Caspian_Sea__Caspian a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world
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