Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - USSR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republics_of_the_Soviet_Union
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Byeloruss
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kirghistan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
In December 1991 (while I was in the US Navy, serving as an airborne Cryptologic Technician (RuLing), the Soviet Union dissolved, when Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus seceded from the Union. All of the former Republics of the Union are now independent countries, with ten of them being loosely organized under the heading of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Georgia and Ukraine are independent countries. It's important to keep in mind these alignments in order to understand what is happening now in the region and how it impacting us.
By the way, the countries where Benny Mitchell, Kris Grimes, and I (along with a team of others) smuggled Bibles during the summer of 1986 were Soviet Bloc countries (Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Romania, Hungary, Poland). They were communist in government, but not part of the USSR. Their role for the USSR was as buffer states against western Europe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republics_of_the_Soviet_Union
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Byeloruss
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kirghistan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
In December 1991 (while I was in the US Navy, serving as an airborne Cryptologic Technician (RuLing), the Soviet Union dissolved, when Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus seceded from the Union. All of the former Republics of the Union are now independent countries, with ten of them being loosely organized under the heading of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Georgia and Ukraine are independent countries. It's important to keep in mind these alignments in order to understand what is happening now in the region and how it impacting us.
By the way, the countries where Benny Mitchell, Kris Grimes, and I (along with a team of others) smuggled Bibles during the summer of 1986 were Soviet Bloc countries (Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Romania, Hungary, Poland). They were communist in government, but not part of the USSR. Their role for the USSR was as buffer states against western Europe.
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