Former USSR countries list PostSoviet states Wikipedi The postSoviet states, also known as the former Soviet Union (FSU), the former Soviet Republics and in Russia as the near abroad (Russian бли́жнее зарубе́жье, romanized blizhneye zarubezhye), are the 15 sovereign states that were union republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; In 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolved following the collapse of its communist government READ MORE Was the Soviet Union's Collapse Inevitable?The fifteen Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries since their independence To understand how the FSU states have evolved, we must recall their Soviet pasts Founded in 1922, the Soviet Union was a federal state with a heavily centralized government and economy controlled by the Communist Party Before the breakup –
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