Lenin founded the Soviet Union 98 years ago

The Soviet Union, officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or the USSR (Russian: СССР), or Soviets, was founded in 1922 after the overthrow of the provisional government in Petrograd by the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin in the 1917 October Revolution, and survived until 1991. The USSR spread along the eastern part of Europe and the northern part of Asia. After World War II, it was the largest country in the world with an area of ​​22 million 403 thousand square kilometers. In terms of population, it ranked 3rd with 293 million 47 thousand 571 (June 1991) people. At the same time the world's major political and military power of one of the Soviet Union in the west of Norway, Finland, the Baltic Sea, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania, south of the Black Sea, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, China, Mongolia and was taking place in North Korea. The northern and eastern borders were drawn by the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The capital of the Union was Moscow, and its currency was the Soviet ruble. The USSR, which was established in 1922 by the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin, who came to power with the 1917 October Revolution, was an important power against the United States during the Cold War. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was officially dissolved at the end of 1991, following the 6-year reforms called Glasnost and Perestroika initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev, who came to power in 1985. With the dissolution of the Union, 12 of the 15 independent republics came together to form the Commonwealth of Independent States.