Parlimentary democracy
parliamentary democracy
No former Soviet republics have legalized same-sex marriage.
NO
EstoniaLatviaLithuaniaKazakhstanKyrgystanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanBelarusMoldovaUkraineRussian FederationArmeniaAzerbaijanGeorgia
Former communist hardliners have challenged the democratically elected people in former Soviet republics by stating that democracy has not worked. For the most part, their statements are having little effect.
Until 1991 they were all republics of the former Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).They were also all part of the Russian Empire until 1917.They are all former Soviet "republics" now independent after the breakup of the USSR.
There is no Soviet Union :) it was dissolved in 1991.
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Until 1991 they were all republics of the former Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).They were also all part of the Russian Empire until 1917.They are all former Soviet "republics" now independent after the breakup of the USSR.
Commonwealth of Independent States
Because Tajikistan was one the republics with made up the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, a.k.a., the Soviet Union) and which gained independence in the early 90s.
There is no Soviet Union since it's disintegrated in 1991. 15 republics of former Soviet Union are now independent countries. The biggest of those republics is Russia.