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Soviet Union and United States comparison

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Common name Soviet Union United States
Official name Union of Soviet Socialist Republics United States of America
Emblem/Seal
Flag Soviet Union United States
Area 22,402,200 km2 (8,649,538 sq mi) 9,526,468 km2 (3,794,101 sq mi)[1]
Population 286,730,819 (1989) 248,709,873 (1990)
Population density 13.0/km2 (33.6/sq mi) 34/km2 (85.5/sq mi)
Capital Moscow, RSFSR Washington, D.C.
Largest metropolitan areas Moscow (8,967,332 in 1989)

Leningrad (5,024,000 in 1989)

Kiev (2,587,945 in 1989)

Tashkent (2,072,59 in 1989)

Baku (1,795,000 in 1989)

New York City (7,322,564 in 1990)

Los Angeles (3,485,499 in 1990)

Chicago (2,783,600 in 1990)

Houston (1,697,873 in 1990)

Philadelphia (1,585,577 in 1990)

Government Federal Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic Federal presidential constitutional republic
Political parties Communist Party of the Soviet Union Democratic Party
Republican Party
First leader Vladimir Lenin George Washington
Last leader (1991) Mikhail Gorbachev George H. W. Bush
Established November 7, 1917 (October Revolution)
December 30, 1922 (Formation Treaty)
October 7, 1977 (constitution adopted) 		July 4, 1776 (independence declared)
September 3, 1783 (independence recognized)
June 21, 1788 (constitution adopted)
Most common language Russian English
Currency Soviet ruble United States dollar
GDP (nominal) $2.659 trillion (~$9,896 per capita) $5.79 trillion (~$24,000 per capita)
Intelligence agencies Committee for State Security (KGB)

Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
National Security Agency (NSA)
Military expenditures $217.579 billion (1990)[2] $624.852 billion (1990)[3]
Army size Soviet Army (1989)[4][5]
  • 41,580 tanks
  • 8,840 ATGM launchers
  • 45,000 BMP/BTR
 US Army (1989)[6]
  • 24,000 tanks
Navy size Soviet Navy (1990)[7]
  • 63 ballistic missiles submarines
  • 72 cruise missiles submarines
  • 64 nuclear attack submarines
  • 65 conventional attack submarines
  • 9 auxiliary submarines
  • 6 aircraft carriers
  • 4 battle cruisers
  • 26 cruisers
  • 52 destroyers
  • 33 frigates
  • 200 corvettes
  • 35 amphibious warfare ships
  • 425 patrol crafts
 US Navy (1990)[8]
  • 33 ballistic missiles submarines
  • 93 attack submarines
  • 13 aircraft carriers
  • 4 battleships
  • 4 command ships
  • 22 mine warfare
  • 6 patrol boats
  • 43 cruisers
  • 57 destroyers
  • 99 frigates
  • 59 amphibious warfare ships
  • 137 auxiliary ships
Air force size Soviet Air Force (1990)[9]
  • 435 bombers
  • 5,665 fighters/attacks
  • 1,015 reconnaissance
  • 84 tankers
  • 620 transports
 US Air Force (1990)[10]
  • 327 bombers[11]
  • 4,155 fighters/attacks[12]
  • 533 reconnaissance
  • 618 tankers
  • 1295 transports[9]
Nuclear warheads (total)[13] 32,980 (1990) 21,392 (1990)
Economy Socialism (specifically Marxism–Leninism), planned economy Capitalism, mixed economy
Economic alliance Comecon Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Military alliance Warsaw Pact North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Countries allied
during the
Cold War 		Soviet Republics seat in the United Nations:

Warsaw Pact:

Other allies:

NATO:

Other allies:

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  2. ^ "Military Expenditure Database: Data for all countries from 1988–2019 in constant (2018) USD" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. sipri.org. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Military Expenditure Database: Data for all countries from 1988–2019 in constant (2018) USD" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. sipri.org. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. ^ Thomas C. Foley. "ARMOR, September-October 1989 Edition" (PDF). U.S. Army Fort Benning and The Maneuver Center of Excellence. benning.army.mil/. p. 6. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ^ The future of U.S.-Soviet relations hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, first session, April 4, 12, 19 and May 3, 15, 18 and June 1 and 20, 1989 (Microfiche) (National government publication ed.). Washington : U.S. G.P.O. p. 399. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ Boston, Scott; Johnson, Michael; Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Nathan; Crane, Yvonne K. (5 February 2018). "Assessing the Conventional Force Imbalance in Europe Implications for Countering Russian Local Superiority". RAND Corporation. rand.org. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Soviet Navy Ships - 1945-1990 - Cold War". GlobalSecurity.org.
  8. ^ "The U.S. Navy in the World (1981-1990): Context for U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts" (PDF). CNA. cna.org. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Arsenal of Airpower". the99percenters.net. March 13, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2016 – via Washington Post.[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Arsenal of Airpower: USAF Aircraft Inventory 1950-2009" (PDF). Air Force Association. afa.org. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Arsenal of Airpower: USAF Aircraft Inventory 1950-2009" (PDF). Air Force Association. afa.org. p. 23. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Arsenal of Airpower: USAF Aircraft Inventory 1950-2009" (PDF). Air Force Association. afa.org. p. 23. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  13. ^ Kristensen, Hans M.; Norris, Robert S. (2013). "Global nuclear weapons inventories, 1945–2013". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 69 (5). tandfonline.com: 75–81. Bibcode:2013BuAtS..69e..75K. doi:10.1177/0096340213501363. S2CID 145692541. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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