when the republics proclaimed their independence and the Soviet president’s powers were seriously weakened, I remained certain that the union could be preserved. I proposed a Union of Sovereign ...

Officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the state was made up of 15 republics – including Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan ...

The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized ...

The Cold War officially ended when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formally dissolved as a sovereign state in 1991.

America’s current retreat from world power recalls that of the Soviet Union after 1988. Is the U.S. poised to collapse like ...

Just over a week ago, at an international hockey tournament in Moscow, the Russian national team invaded the ice wearing the uniform of the Soviet ... of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, the Soviet Union prioritized countries that chose the socialist model of development, such as Tanzania, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, the Republic of Congo ...

Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR), another breakaway country in the southwest part of Azerbaijan, began its secession during the dying years of the Soviet Union ... fixtures of a sovereign state ...