Soviet republics
| Soviet Socialist Republic | ||
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| Category | Federated state | |
| Location | Soviet Union | |
| Created by | Treaty on the Creation of the USSR | |
| Created | 30 December 1922 | |
| Abolished by |
State Council recognition of the Baltic states independence Declaration no. 142-Н |
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| Abolished | 6 September 1991 26 December 1991 |
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| Number | 15 (as of 1989) | |
| Possible status | The Baltic republics were de jure not recognized by several countries. | |
| Populations | 1,565,662 (Estonia) – 147,386,000 (Russian SFSR) | |
| Areas | 29,800 km2 (11,500 sq mi) (Armenia) – 17,075,400 km2 (6,592,800 sq mi) (Russian SFSR) | |
| Government | Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republics | |
| Subdivisions | Autonomous SSRs, oblasts, Autonomous oblasts, | |
1. Armenia
2. Azerbaijan
3. Byelorussia
4. Estonia (Not internationally recognized)
5. Georgia
6. Kazakhstan
7. Kirghizia
8. Latvia (Not internationally recognized)
9. Lithuania (Not internationally recognized)
10. Moldavia
11. Russian SFSR
12. Tajikistan
13. Turkmenia
14. Ukraine
15. Uzbekistan
The Republics of the Soviet Union or the Union Republics (Russian: союзные республики, soyuznye respubliki) of the Soviet Union were ethnically based administrative units that were subordinated directly to the Government of the Soviet Union. For most of its history, the Soviet Union was a highly centralized state; the decentralization reforms during the era of Perestroika ("Restructuring") and Glasnost ("Openness") conducted by Mikhail Gorbachev led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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