In which year, the USSR broke up and what states

Just imagine the Soviet Union ranked 1/6 part of the surviving sushi on Earth. This huge state existed 69 years and combined the territory of Eastern Europe and the lion's share of Asia. It was a rich country that in a few moments turned into 15 small (not counting Russia) independent states.

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Fat day for the largest country in the world

Many people remember the main motto of the USSR - " Proletia of all countries, connect!" The fatal day for this republic was December 25, 1991. That is what day M.S. Gorbachev folded presidential powers, motivating his actions by "fundamental considerations" and from December 26, 1991, the Great Country ceased to exist officially.

In fact, its decay began significantly earlier after the signing of the "Belovezhsky Agreement", which was discussed to create the Commonwealth of Independent States. Thanks to this agreement, the CIS entered the 11 former Union republics, but they also lasted together.

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Who "gone" first? The output of the Baltic republics from the USSR

The most first about their independence proclaimed the Baltic republics. The chronology of events occurring at that time looks like this:

• November 16, 1988 In all, the sovereignty announced Estonian SSR;
• for her, May 26, 1989 Proclaimed about sovereignty Lithuanian SSR;
• the next began Latvian SSR Applying July 28, 1989 About sovereignty.

Officially, these countries received their legal independence only on September 6, 1991, a little earlier than the official duty of the collapse of the USSR.

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"Spinned, rushed ..." or exit from the USSR of the Transcaucasian republics

The Transcaucasian republics began to declare their sovereignty immediately after the Baltic neighbors.

• One of the first to declare himself sovereign Azerbaijan SSR on September 23, 1989.
• The next began Georgian SSRspeaking a statement about sovereignty May 26, 1990. This state was the first to proclaim about the exit from the Union on April 9, 1991.
• Uzbek SSR Following the territorial "brothers" adopted sovereignty June 20, 1990.
• Armenian SSR did not make loud statements about the adoption of sovereignty, and came out of the Union August 23, 1990.

All these countries, despite their statements about the sovereignty and exit from the composition of the Union, received legal freedom on the day of the collapse of the USSR on December 26, 1991.

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Who came out of the Union as follows

The rest of the countries that were still formally held together began to scatter in different directions. So:

• the next began Moldavian SSR, stating independence June 23, 1990;
• followed by her Ukrainian SSRwhich became sovereign July 16, 1990;
• further Turkmen SSR Received sovereignty August 22, 1990;
• Tajik SSR - August 24, 1990;
• Kyrgyz SSR - October 25, 1990.

Legally received their independence these countries on December 26, 1991.

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A few words about those who stayed

As you know, today's Russia has become a successor of the collaborated USSR, and the most recent "reluctance" left the union:

• Belarus - December 8, 1991;
• Kazakhstan-December 16, 1991

At the same time, these countries were not declared about his sovereignty.

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"Independence Day" of the former countries of the USSR in the table

Countries declared their sovereignty much earlier than they left the Union, and legally they became free only after the collapse of the USSR. But each of them has its own "Independence Day", which the date of the proclamation of the country's exit from the USSR became.