which countries were fromer USSR states?

Answer 1

Established by four Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR grew to contain 15 constituent or union republics by 1956:

Armenian SSR
Azerbaijan SSR
Byelorussian SSR
Estonian SSR
Georgian SSR
Kazakh SSR
Kyrgyz SSR
Latvian SSR
Lithuanian SSR
Moldavian SSR
Russian SFSR
Tajik SSR
Turkmen SSR
Ukrainian SSR,
and Uzbek SSR

The republics were part of a highly centralized federal union that was dominated by the Russian SFSR. After the USSR's collapse in 1991, all 15 SSRs became independent countries.

Answer 2

Russia was the main state in the USSR - Russians were the driving force behind the creation of the USSR, were the leaders of the USSR, and Russia was the largest single state of the Soviet Union.

The other states that made up the Soviet Union when it fell in 1991 were Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia , Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Moldova, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, and Estonia.

In 1922 Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Republic (later to become the Georgian, Armenian and Azerbaijan states) were formed. By 1940, as other states were created - either by establishment in new territories, or by breaking up existing states into two or more states the number of states had reached 16.

From 1940 to 1956 there were these 16 states. In 1956 the Karelo-Finnish state was disbanded, leaving the 15 states that lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union.

Answer 3

(1) The three Baltic States - Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.

(2) The twelve current members of the C.I.S. (Commonwealth of Independent States) - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.