Post Soviet States Map
Armenia azerbaijan belarus estonia georgia kazakhstan kyrgyzstan latvia lithuania moldova.
Post soviet states map. Countries map quiz game. Post soviet states and countries that are highly dependent on russian energy supplies include ukraine belarus baltic countries kyrgyzstan russia dependent on belarus and ukraine to transport fossil fuels to europe. Army map service 1947 estonia maps. Before it broke up in 1991 the ussr was by far the largest country in the world.
Like most of the other former soviet republics it entered independence in a state of serious disorder and economic chaos. The post soviet period has had a dickensian flavour for russia it has been the worst of times followed by better times. Have students play this free map quiz game as an introduction to the unit. Legally ceased to exist on december 31 1991.
This teaching tool is a great way to learn more about former soviet union. Russia russia post soviet russia. While russia is still the biggest the 14 other republics are relatively small by comparison. Importance of oils and gas reserves cont russia using fossil fuel to achieve maximum political clout with independence from ussr ukraine forced to pay higher world market prices until 2006 russia charged belarus one third of what it charged latvia and estonia for fuel.
The post soviet states also known as the former soviet union the former soviet republics and in russia as the near abroad russian. The post soviet states also collectively known as the former soviet union fsu or former soviet republics are the states that emerged and re emerged from the union of soviet socialist republics in its breakup in 1991 with russia internationally recognised as the successor state to the soviet union after the cold war. President boris yeltsin presided over the kremlin during the bleakest. Conversely disintegration is the slow process of distancing from russia often sped up drastically in cases of direct conflict and where the entire idea of the post soviet sphere becomes less and less relevant over time as old soviet ties are dissolved by new strategic players and.
The new russian. Upon independence russia faced economic collapse. Comparative ethnic groups 1989 1995. The former soviet union.
Post soviet states in english alphabetical order. Eastern siberia series n504 topographic maps 1 250 000 u s. Blizhneye zarubezhye are the 15 sovereign states that emerged and re emerged from the union of soviet socialist republics following its breakup in 1991 with russia being the primary de facto internationally recognized successor state to the soviet union after the cold war while ukraine by law proclaimed. Once they are finished they will be in a better position to learn all about the former ussr.
Through this strategy russia is aiming to build a stable and integrated economic and political sphere which it can easily dominate. The new state called the russian federation set off on the road to democracy and a market economy without any clear conception of how to complete such a transformation in the world s largest country. Some post soviet states are sidling up to russia to boost economic growth. Ethnic groups in southern soviet union and neighboring middle eastern countries 1986 512k ethnic russians in the newly independent states 1994 417k eurasia political 2006 4 5mb former soviet union.