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1. Official name of the country in 1985.
2. Primary signatory of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
3. First to launch a human into space.
Yuri Gagarin, 1961
4. First to produce a nuclear power plant, specifically at Obninsk.
5. Last country to officially dissolve.
December, 1991
6. Major Soviet space station.
USSR(Mir)
7. Has more population.
At its peak, USSR: 285 million, Russia: 143 million
8. Hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.
USSR(Moscow)
9. Features a double-headed eagle as a historic symbol.
10. Birthplace of the famous ballet company, the Mariinsky Ballet.
11. A state which was the primary setting for the 1991 August Coup attempt.
USSR(Russia was the largest republic involved)
12. Home to historic city of Novgorod.
13. Hosted the G8 summits during the 2000's.
14. Adopted the Constitution of 1993 that established a new political system.
15. First country to abolish the monarchy in the 20th Century.
March 1917, abdication of Tsar Nicholas II)