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David K. Israel
Daft Dave: The Former Soviet Union
by David K. Israel - April 18, 2007 - 6:41 AM

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It’s time for another post by Daft Dave…

The USSR breakup in 1991 led to the formation of the following independent nations (no Googling!):

  • Georgia
  • Turkmenistan
  • Armenia
  • Ukraine
  • Azerbaijan
  • Uzbekistan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Belarus
  • Latvia
  • Estonia
  • Slovakia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Tajikistan
  • Russia
  • Siberia
  • Moldova
  • Transylvania
  • Lithuania
  • Macedonia
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Comments (11)

  1. It wasn’t Transylvania, Siberia, Slovakia, and Macedonia. Only 15 countries in the Soviet bloc.

    posted by Rebecca on 4-18-2007 at 6:46 am

  2. No Transylvania or Siberia.

    posted by Ann on 4-18-2007 at 6:50 am

  3. Slovakia was formed after the “Velvet Divorce” of Czechoslovakia, not as the result of the breakup of the USSR. Though, I suppose one could argue that it wouldn’t have happened without the USSR’s breakup.

    posted by Seth on 4-18-2007 at 6:58 am

  4. macedonia was part of yugoslavia not the ussr.

    posted by chris on 4-18-2007 at 7:16 am

  5. In addition to those already mentioned (Transylvania, Siberia and Slovokia) neither Moldova nor Macedonia were part of the former USSR. (Though I believe they were both part of the former Yugoslavia.)

    posted by Dan H. on 4-18-2007 at 7:20 am

  6. Moldova was a former Soviet republic and is now an independent country with its very own break-away region agitating for independence.

    posted by Eric on 4-18-2007 at 7:29 am

  7. Slovakia, Macedonia, Moldova and Transylvania were never Soviet Republics. Siberia is a region of Russia, not a country.

    posted by Carolyn on 4-18-2007 at 9:25 am

  8. Quick addendum, but possibly off the point: Transylvania is not an independent nation anyway, it’s a region of Romania.

    posted by Cynthia on 4-18-2007 at 10:38 am

  9. I agree with Rebecca about Transylvania, Siberia, Slovakia and Macedonia (I really want to put Armenia in there, too).
    Weren’t Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia “freed” shortly before this happened though?

    posted by Emily Jane on 4-18-2007 at 10:51 am

  10. Estonia, Lituania, and Latvia had broken off prior to 1991. And Siberia isn’t an independant nation, I believe.

    posted by mitbitna on 4-18-2007 at 8:55 pm

  11. The USSR is not the Soviet Bloc. East Germany was never part of the USSR, but was in the Soviet sphere.

    If we are strictly answering the USSR question then Transylvania (a region of Romania), Siberia (a region of Russia), Macedonia (an independent, UN-recognized state that emerged from Yugoslavia), and Slovakia (an independent, UN-recognized state that split emerged from Czechoslovakia) were not formed from the break-up.

    If it is the Soviet Bloc, then only Transylvania and Siberia are correct.

    posted by gjd on 4-25-2007 at 2:44 pm

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