USSR

map of the USSR with the 15 republics

The USSR was a federal state of 15 republics headed by a single communist party. This federation existed from its proclamation on December 30, 1922, to its dissolution on December 26, 1991.

The 15 republics were:

  • Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
  • Estonian SSR
  • Latvian SSR
  • Lithuanian SSR
  • Byelorussian SSR
  • Ukrainian SSR
  • Moldavian SSR
  • Georgian SSR
  • Armenian SSR
  • Azerbaijan SSR
  • Kazakh SSR
  • Uzbek SSR
  • Turkmen SSR
  • Tajik SSR
  • Kirghiz SSR