The 1941–1945 period of the Second World…

The 1941–1945 period of the Second World War is known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War.

The Soviet Union, along with the United States, the United Kingdom, and China are considered the Big Four of Allied powers in the war, and later become the Four Policemen, which is the foundation of the United Nations Security Council.

During the war, Soviet civilian and military deaths are about twenty-six to twenty-seven million, accounting for about half of all Second World War  casualties.

The Soviet economy and infrastructure suffers massive devastation, which caused the Soviet famine of 1946–1947.

However, at the expense of a large sacrifice, the Soviet Union emerges as a global superpower.