USSR

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**Timeline**
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 * Lenin, the first leader of the USSR (http://www.askwinston.co.uk/lenin.jpg) ||


 * Gorbachev, the last leader of the USSR (http://z.about.com/d/europeanhistory/1/0/P/I/JonathanWoodMikhailGorbachev.jpg) ||

**Republics of the USSR**
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (AKA: USSR, Soviet Union) was composed out of several republics. These republics were either Soviet Socialist Republics (SSR), or Soviet Federal Socialist Republics (SFSR). Soviet Federal Socialist Republics were also known as Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics{1}. The Soviet Union was comprised of: media type="custom" key="3757613" media type="custom" key="3757619" media type="custom" key="3757623" media type="custom" key="3757629" media type="custom" key="3757635" media type="custom" key="3757637" media type="custom" key="3757641" media type="custom" key="3757645" media type="custom" key="3757647" media type="custom" key="3757659" media type="custom" key="3757663" media type="custom" key="3757667" media type="custom" key="3757677" media type="custom" key="3757683" media type="custom" key="3757685"

**Citations**

 * Citations for: || Internet Sources ||
 * [1] || Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 18 March, 2009 ||

Rise of the USSR - Annalisa (1917 - 1953) Decline of the USSR - Dino (1953 - 1991)