Republics of the Soviet Union

The Republics of the Soviet Union or the Union Republics of the Soviet Union were administrative units that report directly to the Government of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was a highly centralized state.

 Map of the Union Republics from 1956-1991 445px Sovietsocialistrepublic membersince population(1989) pop./USSR pop.(%) area(km²)(1991) area/USSR area(%) capital independentstate No. border|18px|Flag of Russian SFSR Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 1922     Moscow  1 border|18px|Flag of Ukrainian SSR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 1922     Kiev(Kharkov before 1934)  2 border|18px|Flag of Uzbekistan SSR Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic 1924     Tashkent(Samarkand before 1930)  4 border|18px|Flag of Kazakhstan SSR Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic 1936     Alma-Ata  5 border|18px|Flag of Belarusian SSR Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 1922     Minsk  3 border|18px|Flag of Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic 1936     Baku  7 border|18px|Flag of Georgian SSR Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic 1936     Tbilisi  6 border|18px|Flag of Tajikistan SSR Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic 1929     Dushanbe  12 border|18px|Flag of Moldovan SSR Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic 1940     Kishinev  9 border|18px|Flag of Kyrgyzstan SSR Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic 1936     Frunze  11 border|18px|Flag of Lithuanian SSR Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic 1940     Vilnius  8 border|18px|Flag of Turkmenistan SSR Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic 1924     Ashkhabad  14 border|18px|Flag of Armenian SSR Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic 1936     Yerevan  13 border|18px|Flag of Latvian SSR Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic 1940     Riga  10 border|18px|Flag of Estonian SSR Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic 1940     Tallinn  15

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