History of the Soviet Union

See also: Soviet historiography

Soviet Union

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the Soviet Union

Government Constitution Government Ministries State Committees Executive Officer Council of People's Commissars Council of Ministers Cabinet of Ministers State Council Presidential Council Communist Party Communist Party Congress History General Secretary Politburo Central Committee Secretariat Orgburo Leadership Leaders Premiers Cabinets President (List) Vice President Collective leadership Legislature Congress of Soviets Central Executive Committee Supreme Soviet Soviet of the Union Soviet of Nationalities Presidium Congress of People's Deputies Speaker 1989 Legislative election Judiciary Law Supreme Court People's Court Procurator General History 1917–1927 Revolution Civil War 1927–1953 World War II 1953–1964 Khrushchev Thaw 1964–1982 Era of Stagnation 1982–1991 Dissolution Ideology State Ideology Soviet democracy Marxism-Leninism Leninism Stalinism Economy Economy Agriculture Consumer goods Five-Year Plan Kosygin reform New Economic Policy Science and technology Era of Stagnation Material balance planning Society Culture Demographics Education Family Phraseology Religion Transport Repression Censorship Censorship of images Economic repression Great purge Gulag system Collectivization Human rights Mass killings Ideological repression Suppressed research Political abuse of psychiatry Political repression Population transfer Propaganda Red Terror

Atlas  USSR Portal

History of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union is covered in the following series of articles.

• History of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union (1917–1927), from the October Revolution to Stalin's consolidation of power
• History of the Soviet Union (1927–1953), the Stalin era
• History of the Soviet Union (1953–1964), post-Stalinist power struggle and the Khrushchev Era
• History of the Soviet Union (1964–1982), the Brezhnev Era
• History of the Soviet Union (1982–1991), failed attempts to preserve the Soviet Union, ended by its dissolution