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-created: 2025-07-22
-updated: 2025-08-04
 title: Soviet Union
+aliases:
+  - Soviet Union
+  - USSR
+  - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
+created: 2025-07-22
+updated: 2026-05-17
 tags:
-  - Organization
-  - Government
   - Country
-  - Cold War
+  - ColdWar
   - USSR
   - Intelligence
-description: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. It was a key player in the Cold War and was perceived by the U.S. as a leader in psi research.
+  - KGB
 category: "Country"
-summary: "The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991."
+summary: "The Soviet Union (USSR, 1922-1991) was the primary U.S. Cold War adversary whose reported psi research program directly drove U.S. intelligence investment in remote viewing and whose intelligence services ran the KGB operations documented throughout this vault."
+start: 1922-12-30
+end: 1991-12-25
+location: "Moscow, Russia"
 ---
-The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. During the Cold War, the [[Soviet Union]] was a primary geopolitical rival of the United States, leading to an arms race that extended into unconventional areas, including psychic research.[^1]
+The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. During the [[Cold War]], the Soviet Union was a primary geopolitical rival of the United States, leading to an arms race that extended into unconventional areas, including psychic research.[^1]
 
 ### Psi Research and the "Psi Gap"
 
@@ -21,7 +26,7 @@ Reports and rumors of extensive Soviet psi research, particularly after the fabr
 
 U.S. intelligence agencies, including the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]], expressed concerns about a potential "psi gap," fearing that Soviet advancements in this field could enable them to access top-secret U.S. documents, influence leaders, or disable military military equipment remotely.[^1]
 
-#### Targets of U.S. Remote Viewing
+### Targets of U.S. Remote Viewing
 
 The Soviet Union and its military installations were frequent targets for U.S. remote viewing programs, including the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] unit. Notable successes included [[Joe McMoneagle]]'s remote viewing of a Soviet Typhoon-class submarine under construction and a Soviet surveillance bug in a U.S. embassy.[^1]