Countries of the former USSR: the path after the collapse of the Union

The state of the USSR officially existed from December 30, 1922 to December 8, 1991, when the countries of the former USSR began an independent path of development. For some of them, it was very heavy.

Republic of the USSR

The state included 15 republics. Formation of the territories of the Union took place gradually. The boundaries of the USSR that existed at the time of the collapse of the state were formed in 1940, when Soviet troops annexed the lands of Western Ukraine. We list the names of the republics: Ukraine (capital - Kiev), Russia (Moscow), Belarus (Minsk), Lithuania (Vilnius), Latvia (Riga), Estonia (Tallinn), Kazakhstan (Astana), Armenia (Yerevan), Azerbaijan (Baku) , Georgia (Tbilisi), Turkmenistan (Ashgabat), Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek), Tajikistan (Dushanbe), Uzbekistan (Tashkent), Moldova (Chisinau).

Geographical location of the republics

Tens of thousands of kilometers - it was all the vastness of a huge state, which lasted more than 70 years. The climate of the republics is very different. The Baltic countries are located in a strip of moderate humid climate. Ukraine also. In summer, the average temperature varies between +25 ... + 27 degrees, in winter it is about 5 degrees below zero. If you take the countries of the former USSR, then Russia is more exposed to colds, more precisely Siberia, the Arctic and the northern regions of the country. In the south (for example, in the Krasnodar Territory), the temperature in winter, and in summer too, is much higher than in the northern regions. The climate in most of Russia is sharply continental.

In the south-west of the former USSR is one of the small republics - Moldova. The southern countries, the former republics of the USSR, which are geographically located behind the Caucasus Mountains - are Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. They live similar, but at the same time sharply contrasting peoples. In Central Asia there are such countries of the former USSR as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. It is dominated by a dry and hot climate.

The development of the regions of the USSR after the collapse of the Union

After analyzing the geopolitical map, we see several groups formed. The countries of the former USSR today have different political orientations. The leading place is occupied by the Customs Union, which includes Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. The Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) have long joined the European Union and NATO. Recently, European aspirations in Ukraine and Georgia are strong. Azerbaijan tries to stay apart, because it is close to countries from other regions, for example, Turkey. Armenia has always remained in neutrality, but is gradually inclined to resume cooperation with Russia. Turkmenistan today does not show special activity in world political life. Economically, this state is very rich due to the reserves of natural resources. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are in a permanent crisis, so the level of their development is extremely low.

By the level of the economy of the Republic of the USSR today, as in the times of the Union, significantly differ. Undoubtedly, the most developed countries are Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, the Baltic countries and, more recently, Georgia. Significantly lag behind the above-mentioned countries of Central Asia.

Sport successes of individual republics

We can talk about this a lot, but we will stop on football. The most famous football clubs of the Union were Spartak Moscow, Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Tbilisi, Dynamo Moscow. It is Spartak and the people of Kiev who have always been leaders in the number of victories in the USSR championship.

Today, teams from the European part of the USSR take part in club continental tournaments. For the years of independence of the republics, CSKA (Moscow), Zenit (St. Petersburg) and Shakhtar (Donetsk) - the victories in the UEFA Cup, "Dynamo" (Kiev) - the Champions League semi-final have achieved the greatest success.