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Choose a Page:Which is the largest country in th...*What was the Soviet Union?*Where is the Wailing Wall?When was Israel founded?What made the Gulf States rich?What is the taiga?Which famous railroad crosses Russia?Which is the world's deepest lake?Where is the 'Land of the Nomads'?Which country forms a bridge betwe...What is the Kremlin?Which rivers flow right across Russia?Where is the Empty Quarter?Why is the Aral Sea shrinking? What was the Soviet Union? The Soviet Union, or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), was a country made up of 15 republics, the biggest of which was Russia. The Soviet Union was formed in 1922, five years after the Communist Revolution. It split up into 15 separate countries in 1991. The Russian Revolution led to the formation of the Soviet Union   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: Human World Chapter: Russia and the Middle East