Comments on: Daft Dave: The Former Soviet Union

By: gjd

gjd — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:44:00 +0000

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.

By: mitbitna

mitbitna — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:55:53 +0000

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

By: Emily Jane

Emily Jane — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:51:46 +0000

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?

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:38:55 +0000

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

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:25:25 +0000

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

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:29:08 +0000

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

By: Dan H.

Dan H. — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:20:36 +0000

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.)

By: chris

chris — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:16:59 +0000

macedonia was part of yugoslavia not the ussr.

By: Seth

Seth — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:58:16 +0000

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.

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:50:48 +0000

No Transylvania or Siberia.