Soviet Union (Space Without Man)

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is a federal sovereign state in Northern Eurasia founded in 1922. (Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик) The world's first officially Marxist state, the USSR was formed as a result of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and ensuing Russian Civil War, which lasted until 1922. The Bolsheviks, leading a faction known as the "Reds," defeated the opposing "Whites," ending the Russian Empire and creating a new state composed of Union Republics, of which the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) was dominant.