In a republic, people elect representatives to speak or vote for them. For example, in America, people in each state elect Senators to represent them.
Their are Constitutional Republics (The US is one) and Monarchy Republics (The UK is one).
They were independent republics.
Central Asian Republics: Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan the transcuacasian republics: Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The Transcaucasian republics consist of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. The Central Asian republics include Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Russia was by far the largest of the republics.
Federation of Arab Republics ended in 1977.
Two Republics was created on 1867-07-27.
Federation of Arab Republics was created in 1972.
There are 18 English-speaking territories that are republics.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Most of them are republics. Some are federal republics, some are centralized republics; there is one communist regime in Latin America (Cuba).