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In its final decades of its existence, the Soviet Union consisted of 15 Socialist Soviet Republics (SSR). They are all independent countries now, only very loosely organized under the heading Commonwealth of Independent States.

The USSR was a highly centralised and authoritarian entity. Under the constitution adopted in 1936 and modified along the way until October 1977, the political foundation of the Soviet Union was formed by the Soviets (Councils) of People's Deputies. These existed at all levels of the administrative hierarchy, with the Soviet Union as a whole under the nominal control of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, located in Moscow. The role of the Soviets in the individual republics and other territories was primarily to put into effect the decisions made by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Soviet Republics

Independent Countries

Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan

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Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia was from 1922 until the 1930s organized in the Transcaucasian SSR[?]. A Finno-Karelian SSR also existed between March 31, 1940 and July 16, 1956.

Russia is by far the largest, it spans both Europe and Asia. Of the other 14, Kazakhstan is by far the largest. Russia is also by far the most populated, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are next, in that order.



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