The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a pre-War communist state in Eastern Europe and Asia, consisting of 15 Soviet republics. In the Fallout universe, the USSR did not dissolve in 1991, and continued to exist well into the 21st century.

The Soviet Union had a consular service and a foreign service, and had strong consular relations with the United States. There was a Soviet consulate in Los Angeles (the one Natalia's grandfather worked at), suggesting that Soviet-American relations were good enough in 2077 that American and Soviet citizens were able to visit each other's countries.^[1] However, in propaganda, the Soviet Union was still being portrayed as a 'communist enemy'.

During the Resource Wars, the Soviet Union was in no direct conflict with the United States, although it is unknown what role they played in the Great War.

AppearancesEdit

• The Soviet Union is mentioned in the biography of Natalia, one of the pre-made characters in Fallout, whose grandfather was a Soviet diplomat at the USSR's Los Angeles consulate.
• The Molotov cocktail is named after the Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov.
• In Fallout 3, the Museum of Technology states that the Soviet Union, along with China, constantly refuted the American claim that they put the first man into space in 1961.
• Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union who attempted to transition Russia into Communism,^[2] is mentioned briefly by the character No-bark Noonan in Fallout: New Vegas.

	The following is based on Fallout Tactics and some details might contradict canon.

• The AK47, a Soviet-designed assault rifle, is a common weapon in Fallout Tactics.
• The wreckage of the Soviet space station Mir appears as an Easter egg in a special encounter.

	The following is based on Fallout Extreme and has not been confirmed by canon sources.

• In the canceled Fallout Extreme, the main characters would actually visit Russia on their way to China.
• In The Armageddon Rag, Vol. 4, Crazy Ivan is from the USSR.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ A diplomat from the Soviet Consulate in Los Angeles was able to secure a place in Vault 13 and Natalia, one of the Fallout 1 pre-made characters, was the diplomat's grandchild
2. ↑ In line with Marxism, communism has never been implemented because for communism to exist the state must be dissolved and be proceeded by a worldwide socialist phase, the U.S.S.R. was in in fact a state socialist system, a so called "dictatorship of proletariat".