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There were fifteen.
There is no Soviet Union :) it was dissolved in 1991.
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Russia primarily, and many smaller countries
There were 15 republics in the Soviet Union: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belorussia ( Belarus), Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (see Kyrgyzstan), Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia (Moldova), Russia, Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan
Soviet Socialist republics were semi-autonomous entities under the authority of the Communist Party from around 1921 until the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991. "Soviet" means council, in theory consisting of workers. "Socialist" implies that the means of production as well as certain service services are controlled and administered by the state. "Republic" meaning a representative form of government. Russia was the most prominent of all the Soviet Socialist Republics but there were many others. After the dissolution of the USSR many of the former Soviet Republics became independent states, such as Latvia, Estonia, and Kazakhstan.
All fifteen declared themselves independent in 1991.
I think you mean the Soviet Union. This was a group of countries united around Russia, the largest Soviet Republic (the full name of the Soviet Union is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR). It included a bunch of countries including Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and a whole bunch of other republics. The USSR no longer exists, and many of the former soviet republics are independent nations now. Some are loosely united into the Confederation of Independent States (CIS). Hope this helps!
1991 The USSR did not "turn into Russia." The USSR was a collection of many separate republics into one nation much like the United States is a collection of individual states into one nation. In 1991, the USSR broke up into 15 separate nations one of which was the Russian Federation.
The USSR had been composed of 16 republics, all of which became independent nations.
Prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union (USSR) in 1989, Krygyzstan was one of the Soviet republics. Shortly after the breakup, Krygyzstan declared its independence and successfully achieved it, similar to many of the other republics that are now independent countries, i.e. Latvia, Ukraine, Kazakstan, Uzbekestan, etc.
Russia has not been divided. The Soviet Union (1922-1991) has 15 Soviet republics. After Soviet Union destroy all 15 republics became independent Countries: Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Krgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan.