However, the economic and political situation in the former Soviet republics themselves remains ... and the breakup of the country itself into 15 independent nations. There is a possibility ...

That is false. The international community, including the PRC, recognized the sovereign statehood of the former republics of the Soviet Union, and those 15 countries are members of the United Nations.

Food and fuel, as well as clothing, housing, medical aid and other economic necessities, were in short supply for the 286 million people living across the vast expanse of the 15 Soviet republics.

He was elected a delegate to the Congress of People’s Deputies, which brought together representatives from all 15 Soviet republics in the first freely elected parliamentary body since the ...

helped to trigger nationalist movements within the 15 Soviet republics that he was powerless to quell. Five years after taking power in 2000, Putin called the breakup of the Soviet Union "the ...

But within days, the 70-year rule of the Communist Party was suspended, and over the next few months, the USSR dissolved and 15 Soviet republics became 15 independent countries. Many of those ...

Ukraine had the second-largest population and economy of the 15 Soviet republics. The Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. presidents sign a statement that reaffirms Ukraine’s commitment to transfer all ...

Food and fuel, as well as clothing, housing, medical aid and other economic necessities, were in short supply for the 286 million people living across the vast expanse of the 15 Soviet republics.