USSR 31 December 1999

The Soviet Union (USSR) formally ceased to exist 32 years ago, on 31 December 1991.

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), then became 15 independent countries:

1. Armenia
2. Azerbaijan
3. Belarus
4. Estonia
5. Georgia
6. Kazakhstan
7. Kyrgyzstan
8. Latvia
9. Lithuania
10. Moldova
11. Russia
12. Tajikistan
13. Turkmenistan
14. Ukraine
15. Uzbekistan

Russia, which controlled the USSR to a great degree, has lost control of many of these countries, although appears to be trying to stop the remaining ones from leaving it’s sphere of influence.