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USSR to CIS 1

Fifteen republics - fifteen sisters. This used to be a common saying in the Soviet Union. In 1991 the family split up with the former republics of the Soviet Union becoming the newly independent states.

Take a look at the changes in their flags and official names. The republics' memberships in the USSR required the incorporation of the red color and the golden star above the crossed hammer and sickle in their flags. "Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika" or Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) was also added to their names.

Click on the flags for the detailed, full-sized versions.


Armeniya
(Armyanskaya SSR2)

Armenia

Azerbaidzhan
(Azerbaidzhanskaya SSR)

Azerbaijan

Belorussiya
(Belorusskaya SSR)

Belarus

Estoniya
(Estonskaya SSR)

Estonia

Gruziya
(Gruzinskaya SSR)

Georgia

Kazakhstan
(Kazakhskaya SSR)

Kazakhstan

Kirgiziya
(Kirgizskaya SSR)

Kyrgyzstan

Latviya
(Latviiskaya SSR)

Latvia

Litva
(Litovskaya SSR)

Lithuania

Moldaviya
(Moldavskaya SSR)

Moldova

Rossiya (Russia)
(Rossiiskaya SFSR3)

Russia

Tadzhikistan
(Tadzhikskaya SSR)

Tajikistan

Turkmeniya
(Turkmenskaya SSR)

Turkmenistan

Ukraina
(Ukrainskaya SSR)

Ukraine

Uzbekistan
(Uzbekskaya SSR)

Uzbekistan

USSR
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1 CIS = Commonwealth of Independent States
2 SSR = Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (Soviet Socialist Republic)
3 SFSR = Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (Soviet Federative Socialist Republic)



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