Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, abbreviated USSR, more commonly known as the Soviet Union was a state that existed from 1922 to 1991 when it was dissolved into 15 separate independent states, including the main successor state, Russia. Baseball was not permitted for much of the Soviet era, seen as an American imperialist sport, despite its success in other Communist countries like Cuba. With Glasnost, the USSR fielded a team in the 1990 Goodwill Games and 1991 European Championship.

Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan and Ukraine were all also part of the Soviet Union.

People born here

• Pavel Akishev, Russian national team pitcher
• Artemiy Artamonov, Russian national team infielder
• Roman Bessonov, signed pitcher
• Nikoloz Bezhuashvili, minor league pitcher
• Ilya Bogatyrev, minor league infielder
• Andrey Bolotin, Russian national team infielder
• Victor Budarin, Russian national team outfielder
• Victor Cole, pitcher
• Alexander Fedorov, Russian national team infielder
• Nikolay Gervasov, Russian national team manager
• Alexandre Inozemtsev, Ukrainian national team outfielder
• Leonid Korneev, Russian national team pitcher-infielder
• Oleg Korneev, minor league pitcher
• Sergey Korolev, Russian national team catcher
• Andrey Kripochin, Russian national team outfielder
• Alexander Krupenchenkov, USSR national team outfielder
• Andrey Lobanov, minor league pitcher
• Nick Lobanov, minor league pitcher
• Igor Makhambetov, Russian national team outfielder
• Edmundas Matusevičius, Lithuanian baseball pioneer
• Maxim Monakhov, Russian national team outfielder
• Nikita Monakhov, Russian national team catcher
• Alexander Nizov, minor league infielder
• Ilia Onokhov, Russian national team infielder
• Vladimir Petrov, Russian national team pitcher
• Andrei Protasov, Russian national team infielder
• Stepan Rubanov, Russian national team infielder
• Andrei Sazonov, Russian League catcher
• Oleg Semenov, Russian national team infielder
• Dmitri Seredenko, Russian national team pitcher
• Anton Shirokiy, Russian national team pitcher
• Dmitry Shlyanikov, Russian national team manager
• Alexander Sisyuk, Russian national team pitcher
• Sergey Soloviev, Russian national team catcher
• Alexander Toropov, minor league pitcher
• Alexander Vashakidze, Russian national team outfielder
• Alexander Vasiliev, Russian national team catcher
• Viacheslav Vasilyev, minor league pitcher
• Alexander Vidyaev, Russian national team infielder
• Maxim Yudaev, Russian national team infielder
• Sergey Zharov, Russian national team catcher