Soviet Union

### Largest cities

Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Tashkent, Baku, Kharkov, Minsk, Gorky, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk

### Language(s)

* Russian (official)
* English (de facto)
* National languages in the respective Union and Autonomous Republics (de jure)

### Locations

Facility 3826

The **Soviet Union**, officially the **Union of Soviet Socialist Republics**, **USSR** is the principal superpower of the world of *Atomic Heart*, after a divergent World War II. It is a socialist state that stretches from Eastern Europe to the Far East, and from the Arctic Ocean to Turkmenistan.

Atomic Heart takes place on the grounds of Facility 3826, which, in turn, is located in the Semipalatinsk region, Kazakh SSR.

The state made a major contribution to the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II but suffered irreparable losses from the Brown Plague, which, according to the official version, was released by Nazi Germany to destroy many European countries, after Germany itself began to lose at the front. Soon, the Soviet Union as a state became the most progressive in the world and has also become a global manufacturer of robots and other equipment.

Thanks to the Polymer, it is able to usher in extremely sophisticated technologies as early as 1948, resulting in the creation of flying cities, robotics, and a global communications network.

## History

*Main article:* Timeline

The Soviet Union was formed on the territory of the former Russian Empire, with the exception of the territories of Finland and Poland. In 1922, an agreement was signed on the creation of a new socialist state, which initially included: the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, the Byelorussian SSR and the Transcaucasian SFSR.

Around the end of 1929, the Social Rating System (or Rating System) was introduced in the country. With its help, it was possible to view statuses in real time and rate other people. People with low grades couldn't do certain things, such as showing up in certain public places. People with high status had certain advantages: they could work in state institutions and send their children to closed schools for party workers.

In 1936, Dmitry Sergeevich Sechenov, guided by the idea of creating liquid data carriers combining the properties of heavy water and silicon, made the discovery of a polymer — a plastic electric storage device, hitherto unknown to world science. The study of this unusual substance radically changed the course of development of Soviet and world civilization.

In September 1939, World War II began, and the USSR brought in its troops to defend Poland, where Soviet forces achieved success at the front. However, during the offensive against Germany, a large number of Soviet troops died, but the most terrible event was the release of the so-called "brown plague". According to official reports, Nazi Germany released this disease due to heavy losses sustained at the front.

After the end of World War II, the USSR included the entire territory of Germany, which became the German SSR.

## Organization

The Soviet Union is a federation of several soviet socialist republics, though the Russian SFSR exerts a disproportionate amount of influence.

The USSR consists of 17 union republics: the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Byelorussian SSR, Uzbek SSR, Kazakh SSR, Georgian SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, Lithuanian SSR, Moldavian SSR, Latvian SSR, Kirghiz SSR, Tajik SSR, Armenian SSR, Turkmen SSR, Estonian SSR, Karelo-Finnish SSR, and German SSR after WWII (during WWII it was known as Nazi Germany).

## Technology

The Soviet Union became the most progressive country in the world, thanks to the work of many Soviet scientists, such as Vavilov, Zakharov, Korolev, Kurchatov, Lebedev, Pavlov, Sechenov, Filimonenko, Chelomey, and many others.

The USSR occupies a leading position in the study of robotics, polymers, and electronics. One notable development off-shoot of the Polymer technology is the USSR-wide Deimos OS scientific and social communication network, connecting the entire Soviet Union.

## Sources

1. ↑ Tereshkova: "*Leading scientists from all the other Soviet Republics live here, including the German SSR.*"
2. ↑ Loading screen hints: "*The USSR-wide Deimos OS scientific and social communication network that will soon connect even the most remote regions of the Soviet Union to the capital and beyond!*"