Soviet Union (JNW)

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of the Soviet Sovereign Republics (russian: Союз Советских Суверенных Pеспублик), is a sovereign state in Eurasia. With 22,227,084 square kilometers, the USSR is the largest country in the world by area, and the third by population. The Soviet capital, Moscow, is one of the largest cities in the world.

With a extensive territory comprehending the Northern Asia and Europe, the Soviet Union spans on eleven timezones, and shares borders with Finland, United Baltic States, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Moldova, Turkey, Kurdistan, Persia, Afghanistan, Uyghuristan, Mongolia, China and Korea.