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Novozvezdan Soviet Socialist Republic (Russian: Новозвездная Советская Социалистическая Республика), abbreviated as the Novozvezdan SSR, also known as Novozvezda and Soviet Luna, is a constituent republic of the Soviet Union. Encompassing all Soviet territory on Luna, it was founded on 16 December 2014 from the Novozvezdan ASSR, an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR.

Novozvezdan is the largest lunar territory by area and second largest by population after the United States. It is located on the far side of the moon, with its largest settlement and capital being the city of Zhukovsky situated in Mare Moscoviense.

List of settlements

This list is incomplete.

Settlement	Population	Etymology	Remarks
Barabashovo	3,800	Named after Nikolai Barabashov, astronomer	Small town built to support a scientific research outpost
Chernykh	47,720	Named after Nikolai Chernykh, astronomer
Dollezhal	56,700	Named after Nikolay Dollezhal, nuclear reactor designer	An atomgrad built to serve the Dollezhal Nuclear Power Plant and house its workers
Korolev	487,800	Named after Sergei Korolev, rocket engineer and spacecraft designer	The largest Soviet settlement outside of Mare Moscoviense.
Lunokhodsk	93,200	Named after the Lunokhod programme
Sakko i Vancetti	21,340	Named after Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti	A military town constructed solely to house and serve the families of a nearby Strategic Missile Forces base.
Tukhachevskoye	130,230	Named after Mikhail Tukhachevsky, general and military theorist	A military town constructed primarily to house and serve the families of a nearby Soviet Army base.
Zhukovsky (Capital)	2,450,300	Named after Nikolay Zhukovsky, a founder of the field of aerodynamics	The largest settlement by area and population in Novozvezda