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Fifteen countries existing today were once part of the former USSR: Armenia, Georgia, Lithuania, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
All of the former Republics of the Union are now independent countries, with ten of them (all except the Baltic states, Georgia and Ukraine) being very loosely organized under the heading of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
Aug 2, 2019 · Photogal / Getty Images. By. Matt Rosenberg. Updated on August 02, 2019. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (also known as the USSR or the Soviet Union) consisted of Russia and 14 surrounding countries.
Jun 9, 2014 · Belarus is a charter member of a Russia-led customs union, which the Kremlin hopes to develop into an alternative EU for former Soviet states. The watchdog group Freedom House rates Belarus as ...
Aug 18, 2011 · Estonia. Leadership. President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (left) Prime Minister Andrus Ansip. Wealth. Estonia is the wealthiest of the 15 former Soviet Republics. It has a thriving electronics and...
Sep 1, 2017 · The United Socialist Soviet Republic, or U.S.S.R., was made up of 15 republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia,...
