Status: Independent nation; communist dictatorship.
Capital: Moskva
Major Ethnic Groups: Russians, Ukrainians, Belorussians, Armenians, Georgians, Tartars, Kazakhs, Turkmens, Uzbeks, Azerbaidzhanis, and many others
On Map Cities: 161; 2 mult, 9 full, 19 part, 38 dot, 91 ref, 2 ftrs
Off Map Cities: 27; 1 full, 5 part, 17 dot, 4 ref
Total Cities: 188; 2 mult, 10 full, 24 part, 55 dot, 95 ref, 2 ftrs

Note: The USSR officially is a federal union of constituent republics. In practice, it is a totalitarian state, dominated by the Russian ethnic group. In 1939, it had 11 republics: 10 Soviet Socialists Republics (SSRs) and 1 Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (SFSR). Following the territorial acquisitions of 1940, it was organized in 15 republics: 15 SSRs and 1 SFSR.

map:hex	WZ	city	stt	name & notes
31:1831	A	ref	-	Vorkuta (Arkh MD)
31:2125	A	ref	ip	Salekhard (Sib MD)
28:2317	A	ref	ip	Naryan Mar (Arkh MD)
6A:2318	A	ref	-	Kirovsk (Arkh MD)
6A:2420	A	ref	cp	Kandalaksha (Arkh MD)
28:3231	A	ref	ip	Mezen (Arkh MD)
6A:3325	A	ref	-	Ukhta (Arkh MD)
6A:3818	A	ref	-	Belomorsk (Arkh MD)
6A:3907	A	part	cp	Arkhangelsk (HQ, Arkh MD) (eng: Archangel)
28:4314	A	ref	-	Ust Ukhta (Arkhz)
2A:0221	B	ref	-	Petrozavodsk (Arkh MD) (capital, 1940 Karelo-Finnish SSR)
7A:0611	B	ref	-	Kotlas (Arkh MD)
2A:0832	B	ftrs	cp	Kronshtadt (Len MD) (also 1B:0800)
29:0913	B	ref	-	Serov (Ur MD)
2A:0931+	B	mult	cp	Leningrad (HQ, Len MD)
--2A:0830	B	part	-	part of Leningrad
--2A:0831	B	part	cp	part of Leningrad
--2A:0930	B	part	-	part of Leningrad
--2A:0931	B	full	cp	part of Leningrad
--2A:1030	B	part	-	part of Leningrad
--2A:1031	B	part	cp	part of Leningrad
29:1221	B	ref	-	Berezniki (Ur MD)
2A:1224	B	ref	-	Tikhvin (Len MD)
29:1301	B	ref	-	Tavda (Ur MD)
29:1419	B	ref	-	Kizel (Ur MD)
1B:1401	B	ref	-	Luga (Len MD) (also 2A:1433)
2A:1610	B	ref	-	Vologda (Arkh MD)
2A:1615	B	ref	-	Cherepovets (Arkh MD)
29:1718	B	ref	-	Chusovoi (Ur MD)
2A:1731	B	ref	-	Novgorod (Len MD)
1B:1705	B	ref	-	Pskov (Len MD) (ger: Pleskau)
29:1812	B	dot	-	Nizhniy Tagil (Ur MD)
7A:1905	B	dot	-	Kirov (Ur MD)
1B:1902	B	ref	-	Dno (Len MD)
29:2021	B	part	-	Molotov (Ur MD) (formerly Perm)
29:2219	B	part	-	Kungur (Ur MD)
29:2309	B	full	-	Sverdlovsk (HQ, Ur MD)
2A:2307	B	dot	-	Kostroma (Mos MD)
2A:2324	B	ref	-	Vyshniy Volochek (Mos MD)
2A:2511	B	part	-	Yaroslavl (Mos MD)
29:2625	B	ref	-	Votkinsk (Ur MD)
2A:2605	B	ref	-	Kineshma (Mos MD)
1B:2601	B	ref	-	Velikie Luki (Mos MD) (also 2A:2633)
29:2727	B	dot	-	Izhevsk (Ur MD)
2A:2721	B	part	-	Kalinin (Mos MD)
2A:2808	B	part	-	Ivanovo (Mos MD)
29:2926	B	ref	-	SarapuI (Ur MD)
2A:2925	B	ref	-	Rzhev (Mos MD)
1B:2906	B	ref	-	Polotsk (West MD)
29:3105	B	part	-	Chelyabinsk (Ur MD)
29:3209	B	dot	-	Zlatoust (Ur MD)
2A:3202	B	full	-	Gorkiy (Mos MD)
2A:3203	B	dot	-	Dzerzhinsk (Mos MD)
2A:3210	B	ref	-	Vladimir (Mos MD)
1B:3203	B	dot	-	Vitebsk (West MD)
2A:3317+	B	mult	-	Moskva (HO, Mos MD) (eng: Moscow; ger: Moskau)(capital, Russian SFSR)
--2A:3217	B	part	-	part of Moskva
--2A:3218	B	part	-	part of Moskva
--2A:3316	B	part	-	part of Moskva
--2A:3317	B	full	-	part of Moskva
--2A:3318	B	part	-	part of Moskva
--2A:3416	B	part	-	part of Moskva
--2A:3417	B	part	-	part of Moskva
7A:3404	B	part	-	Kazan (Volg MD)
2A:3423	B	ref	-	Vyazma (West MD)
2A:3518	B	ref	-	Podolsk (Mos MD)
2A:3532	B	dot	-	Smolensk (West MD)
1B:3504	B	ref	-	Orsha (West MD)
29:3602	B	ref	-	Troitsk (Ur MD)
2A:3614	B	ref	-	Kolomna (Mos MD)
1B:3611	C	part	-	Minsk (HO, West MD) (capital, Belorussian SSR)
29:3719	B	part	-	Ufa (Ur MD)
2A:3718	B	ref	-	Serpukhov (Mos MD)
2A:3821	B	ref	-	Kaluga (Mos MD)
1B:3804	B	dot	-	Mogilev (West MD)
29:3912	B	ref	-	Beloretsk (Ur MD)
2A:4012	B	dot	-	Ryazan (Mos MD)
2A:4030	B	ref	-	Roslavl (West MD)
2A:4118	B	part	-	Tula (Mos MD)
1B:4109	C	ref	-	Bobruysk (West MD)
29:4209	B	dot	-	Magnitogorsk (Ur MD)
7A:4206	B	dot	-	Ulyanovsk (Volg MD)
2A:4216	B	ref	-	Stalinogorsk (Mos MD)
29:4318	B	ref	-	Sterlitamak (Ur MD)
7A:4314	B	ref	-	Saransk (Mos MD)
2A:4427	B	ref	-	Bryansk (Orel MD)
2A:4622	B	dot	-	Orel (HQ, Orel MD)
1B:4604	B	dot	-	Gomel(West MD)
7A:4701	B	part	-	Kuybyshev (HQ, Volg MD) (also 29:4733)
1B:4710	C	ref	-	Mozyr (West MD)
7A:4805	B	ref	-	Syzran (Volg MD)
7A:4914	B	dot	-	Penza (Volg MD)
2A:5008	B	dot	-	Tambov (Orel MD)
2A:5013	B	ref	-	Lipetsk (Orel MD)
2A:5016	B	ref	-	Yelets (Orel MD)
1B:5105	C	ref	-	Chernigov (Kiev MD) (also 38:0105)
4A:0223	B	dot	-	Kursk (Orel MD)
3B:0212	C	ref	-	Korosten (Kiev MD)
30:0319	C	dot	-	Chkalov (Volg MD) (formerly Orenburg)
8A:0422	C	ref	-	Pugachev (Volg MD)
8A:0426	C	ref	-	Volsk (Volg MD)
4A:0414	C	part	-	Voronezh (Orel MD)
3B:0417	C	ref	-	Shepetovka (Kiev MD)
30:0510	C	ref	-	Orsk (Volg MD)
3B:0513	C	dot	-	Zhitomir (Kiev MD)
4A:0627	C	ref	-	Sumy (Khar MD)
3B:0607	C	full	-	Kiev (HQ, Kiev MD) (capital, Ukrainian SSR)
30:0729	C	ref	-	Uralsk (CA MD)
8A:0730	C	part	-	Saratov (Volg MD)
4A:0703	C	ref	-	Balashov (Volg MD)
4A:0706	C	ref	-	Borisoglebsk (Orel MD)
3B:0714	C	ref	-	Berdichev (Kiev MD)
3B:0719	C	ref	-	Proskurov (Kiev MD)
8A:0829	C	ref	-	Engels (Volg MD)
4A:0822	C	ref	-	Belgorod (Orel MD)
30:1012	C	ref	-	Aktyubinsk (CA MD)
3B:1014	C	dot	-	Vinnitsa (Kiev MD)
4A:1119	C	ref	-	Valuyki (Orel MD)
4A:1124	C	full	-	Kharkov (HQ, Khar MD)
4A:1229	C	dot	-	Poltava (Khar MD)
3B:1204	C	ref	-	Cherkassy (Kiev MD)
4A:1432	C	ref	-	Kremenchug (Khar MD)
3B:1410	C	ref	-	Uman (Kiev MD)
8A:1532	C	ref	-	Kamyshin (NC MD)
3B:1604	C	dot	-	Kirovograd (Od MD)
4A:1828	C	full	-	Dnepropetrovsk (Od MD)
4A:1829	C	dot	-	Dneprodzerzhinsk (Od MD)
4A:1912	C	ref	-	Millerovo (NC MD)
4A:2015	C	dot	-	Voroshilovgrad (Khar MD)
4A:2019	C	dot	-	Gorlovka (Khar MD)
3B:2001	C	dot	-	Krivoi Rog (Od MD) (also 4A:2033)
4A:2101	C	part	-	Stalingrad (NC MD) (also 8A:2135)
4A:2120	C	dot	-	Makeevka (Khar MD)
4A:2128	C	part	-	Zaporozhe (Od MD)
4A:2220	C	part	-	Stalino (Khar MD)
4A:2230	C	ref	-	Nikopol (Od MD)
4A:2513	C	ref	-	Shakhty (NC MD)
3B:2505	C	dot	cp	Nikolaev (Od MD)
3B:2510	C	full	cp	Odessa (HQ, Od MD)
3B:2604	C	ref	-	Kherson (Od MD)
4A:2715	C	full	-	Rostov-na-Donu (HQ, NC MD)
4A:2718	C	dot	cp	Taganrog (NC MD)
4A:2722	C	dot	cp	Mariupol (Khar MD)
4A:2728	C	ref	-	Melitopol (Od MD)
30:2826	G	ref	cscp	Gurev (CA MD)
4A:3209	C	ref	-	Salsk (NC MD)
8A:3325	G	part	csip	Astrakhan (NC MD)
4A:3402	D	ref	-	Elista (NC MD)
4A:3526	D	dot	cp	Kerch (Od MD) (Crimea)
3B:3502	D	dot	-	Simferopol (Od MD) (Crimea)
3B:3704	D	ftrs	cp	Sevastopol (Od MD) (Crimea)
4A:3818	D	dot	-	Krasnodar (NC MD)
4A:3912	D	ref	-	Armavir (NC MD)
4A:3923	D	dot	cp	Novorossiysk (NC MD)
4A:4009	D	ref	-	Voroshilovsk (NC MD)
4A:4115	D	ref	-	Maikop (NC MD)
30:4231	G	ref	cscp	Fort Shevchenko (CA MD)
4A:4319	D	ref	cp	Tuapse (NC MD)
4A:4507	D	ref	-	Pyatigorsk (NC MD)
4A:4616	D	ref	cp	Sochi (NC MD)
8A:4734	D	ref	-	Mozdok (NC MD)
30:4802	G	ref	-	Kungrad (CA MD)
8A:4932	D	dot	-	Groznyy (NC MD)
8A:5126	D	ref	cscp	Makhach-Kala (NC MD)
4A:5102	D	dot	-	Ordzhonikidze (NC MD) (also 9A:0123, 21:0102)
9A:0429	D	dot	-	Kutaisi (TC MD) (also 21:0408)
9A:0432	D	ref	cp	Poti (TC MD) (also 21:0411)
9A:0733	D	ref	cp	Batumi (TC MD) (also 21:0712)
9A:0822	D	full	-	Tbilisi (HQ, TC MD) (also 21:0801) (capital, Georigan SSR) (also called Tiflis)
9A:1217	D	ref	-	Kirovabad (TC MD)
9A:1226	C	ref	-	Leninakan (TC MD) (also 21:1205)
9A:1506	D	full	cscp	Baku (TC MD) (capital, Azerbaijan SSR)
9A:1624	C	part	-	Yerevan (TC MD) (also 21:1603) (capital, Armenian SSR)
Off-Map Cities:
-	-	ref	cscp	Krasnovodsk (CA MD)
-	-	dot	-	Ashkhabad (CA MD) (capital, Turkmen SSR)
-	-	dot	-	Samarkand (CA MD)
-	-	ref	-	Stalinabad (CA MD) (capital, Tadzhik SSR)
-	-	full	-	Tashkent (HQ, CA MD) (capital, Uzbek SSR)
-	-	dot	-	Kokand (CA MD)
-	-	dot	-	Namagan (CA MD)
-	-	dot	-	Andizhan (CA MD)
-	-	dot	-	Karaganda (CA MD)
-	-	ref	-	Frunze (CA MD) (capital, Kirgiz SSR)
-	-	part	-	Alma Ata (CA MD) (capital, Kazakh SSR)
-	-	dot	-	Semipalatinsk (CA MD)
-	-	part	-	Omsk (Sib MD)
-	-	part	-	Novosibirsk (HQ, Sib MD)
-	-	dot	-	Barnaul (Sib MD)
-	-	dot	-	Tomsk (Sib MD)
-	-	dot	-	Kemerovo (Sib MD)
-	-	dot	-	Prokopievsk (Sib MD)
-	-	dot	-	Stalinsk (Sib MD)
-	-	dot	-	Krasnoyarsk (Sib MD)
-	-	part	-	Irkutsk (TB MD)
-	-	dot	-	Ulan Ude (TB MD)
-	-	dot	-	Chita (HQ, TB MD)
-	-	dot	-	Yakutsk (TB MD)
-	-	dot	-	Kharbarovsk (HQ, FE MD)
-	-	part	pocp	Vladivostok (FE MD)
-	-	ref	pocp	Aleksandrovsk (FE MD) (Sakhalin Island)
Soviet War-Time Annexations: From Poland, 1939
1B:3016	C	dot	-	Wilno (russ: Vilno, Lithuanian: Vilnius) (West MD) (capital, 1940 Lithuanian SSR) (Technically, from Lithuania in 1940 after being given to Lithuania in 1939 following the occupation of eastern Poland, but this is not shown in Europa. Note that this would actually put Wilno in Balt MD, not West MD.)
1B:3321	C	ref	-	Grodno (West MD)
1B:3524	C	ref	-	Bialystok (russ: Belostok) (West MD)
1B:3816	C	ref	-	Baranowicze (russ: Baranovich) (West MD)
1B:4124	C	ftrs	-	Brzesc nad Bugiem (russ: Brest Litovsk) (West MD)
1B:4218	C	ref	-	Pinsk (West MD)
1B:4622	C	ref	-	Kowel (russ: Kovel) (Kiev MD)
1B:4717	C	ref	-	Sarny (Kiev MD)
1B:5019	C	ref	-	Rowne (russ: Rovno) (Kiev MD)
1B:5129	C	ref	-	Przemysl (Kiev MD) (also 38:0129)
3B:0226	C	part	-	Lwow (russ: Lvov; ger: Lemberg) (Kiev MD)
3B:0522	C	ref	-	Ternopol (russ: Tarnopol) (Kiev MD)
3B:0825	C	ref	-	Stanislawow (russ: Stanislav) (Kiev MD)
From Finland, 1940:
6A:2424	A	ref	-	Alakurtti (Arkh MD)
6A:2426	A	ref	-	Salla (Arkh MD)
1B:0401	B	dot	cp	Viipuri (also 2A:0433) (russ: Vyborg) (Arkh MD)
1B:0515	B	ftrs	cp	Hango (Len MD) (Officially under Sovier control but not annexed)
From Estonia, 1940:
1B:0711	B	dot	cp	Tallinn (also called Reval) (Balt MD) (capital, Estonian SSR)
1B:1004	B	ref	cp	Narva (ger:Narwa) (Balt MD)
1B:1213	B	ref	cp	Pamu (Balt MD)
1B:1408	B	ref	-	Tartu (also called Dorpat) (Balt MD)
From Latvia, 1940:
1B:1421	C	ref	cp	Ventspils (Balt MD)
1B:1724	C	ref	cp	Liepaja (Balt MD)
1B:1816	B	part	cp	Riga (HQ, Balt MD) (capital, Lativan SSR)
1B:2512	B	ref	-	Daugavpils (cuss: Dvinsk; ger: Dunaburg) (Balt MD)
From Lithuania, 1940:
1B:2219	C	ref	-	Siauliai
1B:2818	C	dot	-	Kaunas (russ: Kovno)
From Rumania, 1940:
3B:1123	C	dot	-	Cernauti (russ: Chernovtsi) (Kiev MD)
3B:2115	C	dot	-	Chisinau (russ: Kishinev) (Od MD) (capital, 1940 Moldavian SSR)
3B:2917	D	ref	-	Ismail (russ: Izmail) (Od MD)