State USSR officially existed in the period from 30 December 1922 to 8 December 1991, when the former Soviet Union began an independent path of development.For some of them it has been very difficult.
Soviet republics
As part of the state was the 15 republics.Formation of the Union took place gradually.Fully borders of the USSR, which existed at the time of the collapse of the state, formed in 1940, when Soviet troops joined the earth in Western Ukraine.Here are the names of the republics of Ukraine (the capital - Kiev), Russia (Moscow), Belarus (Minsk), Lithuania (Vilnius), Latvia (Riga), Estonia (Tallinn), Kazakhstan (Astana), Armenia (Yerevan), Azerbaijan (Baku)Georgia (Tbilisi), Turkmenistan (Ashgabat), Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek), Tajikistan (Dushanbe), Uzbekistan (Tashkent), Moldova (Chisinau).
geographical position of
Tens of thousands of kilometers - it's been a huge expanse of the state, which lasted more than 70 years.The climate is very different republics.The Baltic countries are located in the band of temperate humid climate.Ukraine also.In summer, the average temperature ranges between + 25 ... + 27 degrees in the winter is about 5 degrees below zero.If you take the former Soviet Union, the most susceptible to colds Russia, or rather Siberia, the Arctic and the northern areas of the country.In the south (for example, in the Krasnodar region), the temperature in winter, and in summer, too, is much higher than in the northern regions.The climate on offer large parts of the Russian continental.
the southwest of the former Soviet Union is one of the smallest republics - Moldova.Southern countries, former Soviet republics, which are geographically located beyond the Caucasus mountains - it is Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.They live like, but at the same time sharply contrast each other peoples.In Central Asia, are countries of the former Soviet Union, like Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.Mostly it is dry and hot climate.
development of regions of the USSR after the Soviet Union collapse
Proanalizrovav geopolitical map, we see several groups formed.Former Soviet Union today have a different political orientation.The leading place is occupied by the Customs Union, which includes Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.The Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) have long joined the European Union and NATO.In recent years, strong European aspirations of Ukraine and Georgia.Azerbaijan tries to keep apart, because he was close to countries in other regions, such as Turkey.Armenia has always remained neutral, but gradually declined to a resumption of cooperation with Russia.Turkmenistan today is particularly active in the political life of the world does not show.Economically, this country is very rich at the expense of natural resources.Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are in permanent crisis, so their level of development is extremely low.
In terms of economy of the republic of the USSR today, as in the days of the Union vary considerably.Undoubtedly, the most developed countries - Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, the Baltic States and lately Georgia.Falls far short of the aforementioned countries of Central Asia.
Sporting successes of individual republics
can talk about it much, but focus on the football.The most famous football clubs of the Union was "Spartacus" (Moscow) and "Dynamo" (Kiev), "Dynamo" (Tbilisi), "Dynamo" (Moscow).It Spartacus and citizens will forever remain the leaders in the number of victories in the national championship.
Today, teams from the European part of the Soviet Union are taking part in the continental club competitions.Over the years of independence we have achieved the greatest successes of CSKA (Moscow), "Zenit" (St. Petersburg) and "Shakhtar" (Donetsk) - winning the UEFA Cup, "Dynamo" (Kiev) - semi-finals of the Champions League.
