𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐒 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 Accurate representation of the USSR during the early period of the Great Patriotic War. The USSR is widely credited as the decisive land power in the Allied victory in the European theater of World War II, and its invasion of Manchuria played a major role in bringing about the unconditional surrender of Imperial Japan.