Soviet Union size comparison
22,400,000 km2 / 8,646,400 mile2
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. Nominally a union of multiple national Soviet republics, it was a one-party state (until 1990) governed by the Communist Party, with Moscow as its capital in its largest republic, the Russian SFSR. It was the largest country in the world by surface area, spanning over 10,000 kilometers (6,200 mi) east to west across 11 time zones and over 7,200 kilometers (4,500 mi) north to south.
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Soviet Union compared to other countries
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0.76 times
as big as Soviet Union
Arabian peninsula is
0.14 times
as big as Soviet Union
China is
0.43 times
as big as Soviet Union
India is
0.15 times
as big as Soviet Union
Kazakhstan is
0.12 times
as big as Soviet Union
Middle East is
0.32 times
as big as Soviet Union
DR Congo is
0.10 times
as big as Soviet Union
Algeria is
0.11 times
as big as Soviet Union
Maghreb is
0.27 times
as big as Soviet Union
Nile Basin is
0.15 times
as big as Soviet Union
Sahara Desert is
0.42 times
as big as Soviet Union
Sahel is
0.14 times
as big as Soviet Union
Argentina is
0.12 times
as big as Soviet Union
Brazil is
0.38 times
as big as Soviet Union
Canada is
0.45 times
as big as Soviet Union
Corn Belt (US) is
0.11 times
as big as Soviet Union
Mississippi river basin is
0.13 times
as big as Soviet Union
United States is
0.44 times
as big as Soviet Union
United States (Contiguous) is
0.36 times
as big as Soviet Union
Soviet Union compared to cosmic objects
Aphrodite Terra is
0.98 times
as big as Soviet Union
Charon is
0.52 times
as big as Soviet Union
Essos is
0.63 times
as big as Soviet Union
Ganymede is
3.88 times
as big as Soviet Union
Hellas Planitia (Mars) is
0.18 times
as big as Soviet Union
Ishtar Terra is
0.31 times
as big as Soviet Union
Lunar Mare is
0.98 times
as big as Soviet Union
Mars is
6.47 times
as big as Soviet Union
Mercury is
3.34 times
as big as Soviet Union
Moon is
1.69 times
as big as Soviet Union
Pluto is
0.76 times
as big as Soviet Union