Soviet republics

The Union of the Soviet socialist republics (the USSR, 1922-1991), was a federation made up of 15 Soviet socialist republics.

Each republic federate, in its turn, was divided into areas ( Oblast ), except for the RSS of Latvia, of Lithuania, of Estonia, of Moldavie and Arménie which had a unit structure. The RSFSR laid out, moreover, of the " pays" ( Kraï ) which was divided into autonomous regions , as well as autonomous districts belonging to the oblasts and the kraïs. Certain federate republics (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaïdjan, Ouzbékistan and Tadjikistan) also had in their structure of the autonomous republics , with certain degree of car-governorship. Following the proclamation of their sovereignty in the current of the year 1991, eleven of the republics which constituted the the USSR gathered on December 21st, 1991 within the Communauté of the states independent by the Treaty of Alma-ATA. The CEI had been created on December 8th, 1991 by the presidents Russian, Belorusse and Ukrainian at the conclusion of the conference of Minsk. In August 2005, the Turkménistan decides to become a simple “associated member”. Having always refused to join CEI, the three Baltic republics (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) as for them adhered in 2004 to the European Union. It is advisable to add to the list of the 15 Soviet socialist republics (RSS) which existed until 1991, two other RSS disappeared meanwhile:

RSFS of Transcaucasia (1922-1936), which will give rise to the RSS of Arménie, of Azerbaïdjan and Georgia
RSS of Karelia (1940-1956), reinstated thereafter in the Russia as autonomous République of Karelia

Between 1940 and 1956, the USSR thus counted sixteen federate RSS.

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