Which countries were part of the USSR?

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)- was founded in 1922. It ceased to exist in 1991. Occupied one-sixth of the planet Earth. It was the first superpower in the world, along the length of the state border, the second (after the USA) in terms of occupied area. For this period, there were only two superpowers in the world. Let's see what countries were in the USSR.

The largest country around which the rest of the Soviet Union was united was Russia. Then it was called the Russian Empire, now called the Russian Federation.

What countries were in the USSR, then they were called the Socialist Union Republics. (SSR). Here they are:

• The Ukrainian SSR is modern Ukraine;
• Belarusian SSR - modern Belarus;
• The Uzbek SSR is modern Uzbekistan;
• Kazakh SSR - modern Kazakhstan;
• The Georgian SSR is modern Georgia;
• The Azerbaijan SSR is modern Azerbaijan;
• The Lithuanian SSR is modern Lithuania;
• The Moldavian SSR is modern Moldova;
• The Latvian SSR is modern Latvia;
• The Kirghiz SSR is modern Kyrgyzstan;
• The Tajik SSR is modern Tajikistan;
• The Armenian SSR is modern Armenia;
• The Turkmen SSR is modern Turkmenistan;
• The Estonian SSR is modern Estonia.