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August 2, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
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Section size for Soviet Union (41 sections)
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History	2,745	2,745
Geography	14,033	14,033
Government and politics	585	45,197
Communist Party	5,955	5,955
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Urbanism	2,320	2,320
Women and fertility	3,087	3,087
LGBT rights	1,070	1,070
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Health	3,140	4,310
Dentistry	1,170	1,170
Language	2,115	2,115
Religion	12,826	12,826
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Sport	5,727	5,727
Legacy	23,247	34,358
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See also	363	363
Notes	49	49
References	30	30
Bibliography	8,454	8,454
External links	1,438	1,438
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The result was: rejected by reviewer, closed by Schwede66 talk 17:51, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Vertical flag of the USSR.

... that Source: Boris Yeltsin came into power on July 10, 1991?
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Created by 342rfawrfarefarwf (talk). Self-nominated at 18:03, 9 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Soviet Union; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Unfortunately the article is not eligible for DYK as it is not newly-created, it was not expanded at least five times, and it wasn't promoted to Good Article status within the last seven days. In addition, no hook has actually been proposed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 18:33, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Official language

USSR didn't have an official language until 1990. 5.151.189.241 (talk) 01:03, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is recognised in a note.--Jack Upland (talk) 02:39, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did they use smoke signals to conduct party business in the chambers, or? Remsense ‥ 论 13:06, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

mostly telepathy or sign language 5.151.189.241 (talk) 20:16, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In all seriousness, the term "National language" should be used 5.151.189.241 (talk) 20:19, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I thought Eskimo was an official language.--Jack Upland (talk) 02:44, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Culture section wording change

There have been three versions of the first sentence of the Culture section of the page. Which one is the most clear?

1. The culture of the Soviet Union passed through several stages during the USSR's existence.

I think this one is poor as it reuses the Soviet Union / USSR in the same sentence.

2. The culture of the Soviet Union evolved through several stages during its existence.

This was my first change, however "during its existence" implies that there was no successive culture in the post-Soviet states.

3. The culture of the Soviet Union evolved through several stages during the country's existence.

I think this one is the clearest as it refers to the Soviet Union's existence in relation to the evolution of Soviet culture, not Soviet culture itself. However, this change was reverted by Remsense who actually reverted a previous reversion in favour of the second version. As the person who originally created the second version, I think the third version is further improved. Just because it is not adding new information with new references does not mean it has to be reversed, and fixing expression on Wikipedia is completely justified as an act.

4. Culture in the Soviet Union evolved through several stages during its existence.

Alternatively, this could actually be an even further improved version as this more explicitly specifies the USSR's existence over the culture's existence, which ultimately never dissipated and exists within post-Soviet country's modern day culture, without reusing the word "Soviet Union" or an equivalent like "USSR" or "country's". ApricotAvalanche037 (talk) 03:33, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies, the present wording simply doesn't imply what you've stated it does (i.e. there was no successive culture in the post-Soviet states) as far as I can discern. It's fine how it is. Remsense ‥ 论 03:34, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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