The USSR was the Beast "that was". The Hammer & Sickle, was adopted as the emblem of the USSR on 6 July 1923 at the 2nd session of the Central Executive Committee.
the other has not yet come, and when he comes he must remain only a little while (Rev. 17:10)
In fulfilment of the above verse, the Soviet Empire only lasted around seventy years (1922-1991). Of all the other kingdoms represented by the heads of the Beast only the Babylonian Empire was of a similarly short duration.
The Soviet Empire (1922-1991) was comprised of four groups:
The Eastern bloc countries were occupied or had a period occupied by Soviet Army. Their politics, military, foreign and domestic policies were dominated by the Soviet Union. Through the use of these puppet regimes throughout central and eastern Europe, the USSR in effect became master of a great part of the former Ottoman Empire without war.
The USSR was formed on 28 December 1922 when delegations from the Russian SFSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the Byelorussian SSR approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR and the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR. The USSR was formed within a month of the fall of the sixth head of the Beast, the Ottoman Empire.
The Bolsheviks had established the Soviet State on 7 November 1917. Initially, the state did not have an official name. Some coined the mocking label Sovdepia for the nascent state of the Soviets of Workers’ and Peasants’ Deputies. On 10 July 1918, the Russian Constitution of 1918 renamed the country the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (formerly, the Soviet Russian Republic). For most of the Soviet Period there were in fact fifteen Soviet Socialist Republics, three of which were the illegally occupied Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) which some states did not recognize as Soviet Republics.
The leaders of the Soviet Union:
The Communist Party was banned on 29 August 1991. The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred on December 26, 1991.
To some extent, the collapse of the Soviet Union was planned by the Soviets. The RSFSR was renamed the Russian Federation, and the Soviet Union became the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings shall arise, and another shall arise after them. (Dan. 7:24)
The Ten Horns and the Liitle Horn (the Russian Federation) emerge from the USSR. The Soviet Republics were:
The three Baltic States, which were not recognized internationally, were:
The Russian Federation is the Little Horn of Daniel chapter 7. Like the other Ten Horns, it gained sovereignty after the fall of the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union is restored, the Russian Federation will be the hegemon.The Little Horn is the Beast.