About the Former Soviet Union (1922-1991)

Facts, history and general information about the former Soviet Union.

NAME IN ENGLISH: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ESTABLISHED: 1922
DISSOLVED: 1991
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Russian
LOCATION: Asia and Europe
CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY: Moscow

Countries Formerly Within Soviet Republics:
Central Asia
- Kazakhstan | Profile |
- Kyrgyzstan | Profile |
- Tajikistan | Profile |
- Turkmenistan | Profile |
- Uzbekistan | Profile |
Eastern Europe
- Belarus | Profile |
- Moldova | Profile |
- Russia | Profile |
- Ukraine | Profile |
Baltics
- Estonia | Profile |
- Latvia | Profile |
- Lithuania | Profile |
South Caucasus
- Armenia | Profile |
- Azerbaijan | Profile |
- Georgia the Country | Profile |

Formerly Soviet Republics:
- Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922-1991)
- Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1922-1991)
- Bukharan Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-1924)
- Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922-1991)
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940-1991)
- Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922-1991)
- Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic (1940-1956)
- Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1936-1991)
- Khorezm Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-1924)
- Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (1936-1991)
- Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940-1991)
- Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940-1990
- Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940-1991)
- Russian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922-1991)
- Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (1929-1991)
- Transcaucasian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922-1936)
- Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1925-1991)
- Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922-1991)
- Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1924-1991) -/p>

Former Soviet Union Tourism:
- wikipedia.org - tourism in soviet union - category
- wikitravel.org - soviet union

Former Soviet Union Foods:
- wikipedia.org - soviet cuisine - category

Former Soviet Union Facts
- BBC "Soviet Union" Timeline
World Fact Book 1990 "Soviet Union" Profile
- wikipedia.org - soviet union - main article
- wikipedia.org - soviet union - more articles
- wikipedia.org - soviet union - category
- wikipedia.org - soviet union - lists
- wikipedia.org - soviet union - outline
- wikipedia.org - soviet union - portal
- wikipedia.org - republics of the soviet union - article
- wikipedia.org - post soviet states - article

Countries that bordered the former Soviet Union:
| Afghanistan | China | Iran | Mongolia | North Korea | Turkey |

Bodies of water that bordered the former Soviet Union:
- Arctic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean