The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Russia was not divided into separate republics when the Soviet Union was first formed. The Soviet Union was formed when Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus and the Transcaucasian Federation (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) banded together to form the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union then added more and more republics. In 1991, the Soviet Union dissolved into 15 separate republics.