The {{WikiProject Soviet Union}} project banner template should be added (not subst:ed) to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project. While the template does not require any additional parameters, it has optional parameters that add an extra feature to the banner. The full syntax is as follows:

• class – valid values are fa, a, ga, b, c, start, stub, fl, list, na (case-insensitive). See the project's quality scale for details. Setting an explicit value of NA is rarely necessary; for this, either leave |class= blank or omit the parameter.
• importance – valid values are: top, high, mid, low, na (case-insensitive). See the project's importance scale for details. Setting an explicit value of NA is rarely necessary; for this, either leave |importance= blank or omit the parameter.
• listas – This parameter, which is the equivalent of the DEFAULTSORT sortkey that should be placed on all biographical articles, is a sortkey for the article talk page (e.g. for Leonid Brezhnev, use |listas=Brezhnev, Leonid so that the talk page will show up in the B's and not the L's of the various assessment and administrative categories). This is important because it is one source used by those who set DEFAULTSORT on the article; consider also setting the DEFAULTSORT for the article when setting this parameter. For more information about this, please see Wikipedia:Categorization of people § Ordering names in a category.
  If the article is using {{WikiProject banner shell}} then it is preferable to add |listas= to that template instead of a project banner template. Putting the parameter on more than one template is not required.
• category – set |category=no if, and only if, a banner is being used for demonstration or testing purposes, to prevent unnecessary or undesirable categorization. Otherwise, omit this parameter.

• rus – set |rus=yes if the article is supported by WikiProject Russia.
  • This parameter populates Category:WikiProject Russia articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Russia articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • rus-importance (only used if |rus=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within WikiProject Russia
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Russia articles by importance.
• hist – set |hist=yes if the article is supported by History of Russia task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:History of Russia task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Russia (history) articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
• mil – set |mil=yes if the article is supported by Russian, Soviet and CIS military history task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Russian, Soviet and CIS military history task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Russian, Soviet and CIS military history articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
• econ – set |econ=yes if the article is supported by Economy of Russia task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Economy of Russia task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Russia (economy) articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
• film – set |film=yes if the article is supported by Soviet and post-Soviet cinema task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Soviet and post-Soviet cinema task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Soviet and post-Soviet cinema articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
• aviation – set |aviation=yes if the article is supported by Soviet aviation task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Soviet aviation task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Soviet aviation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.

• {{WikiProject Armenia}}
• {{WikiProject Belarus}}
• {{WikiProject Georgia (country)}}
• {{WikiProject Russia}}
• {{WikiProject Ukraine}}
• {{User WikiProject Soviet Union}}
• {{User Soviet Aviation task force}}