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Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (formerly Azerbaidzhanian SSR) Area 33,436 sq. mi Population 7,021,000 Capital Baku, 1,792,300 Largest cities Gyandzha (Kirovabad), 278,000; Sumgait, 231,000 Proclamed year of independence October 18, 1991 Azerbaijan on the map Ethnic Groups Composition NAME THOUSANDS % Azerbaijans: 5,805.0 82.7 Russians: 392.0 5.6 Armenians: 391.0 5.6 Lezgins: 171.0 2.4 Avars: 44.0 0.6 Ukrainians: 32.0 … Read more
Belarus Belarus (formerly Byelorussia or Byelorussian SSR) Area 80,154 sq. mi Population 10,105,000 Capital Mensk (Minsk), 1,720,000 Largest cities Gomel, 500,000; Vitebsk, 350,000; Grodno, 270,000; Brest, 255,000; Orsha, 123,000; Pinsk, 119,000 Proclamed year of independence December 8, 1991 Belarus on the map Ethnic Groups Composition NAME THOUSANDS % Belorussians 7,900.0 77.9 Russians 1,300.0 13.2 Poles … Read more
Estonia Estonia (formerly Estonian SSR) Area 17,413 sq. mi Population 1,565,300 Capital Tallinn (Tallin), 510,000 Largest cities Tartu, Kohtla-Jarve, Narva, Parnu Proclamed year of independence August 20, 1991 Estonia on the map Ethnic Groups Composition NAME THOUSANDS % Estonians: 963.0 61.5 Russians: 475.0 30.3 Ukrainians: 48.0 3.1 Belorussians: 28.0 1.8 Finns: 17.0 1.1 Jews: 4.6 … Read more
Georgia Georgia (formerly Georgian or Gruzin SSR) Area 26,911 sq. mi Population 5,405,900 Capital Tbilisi, 1,390,000 Largest cities Kutaisi, 235,000; Batumi, 136,000; Sukhumi, 121,000 Proclamed year of independence April 9, 1990 Georgia on the map Ethnic Groups Composition NAME THOUSANDS % Georgians: 3,787.0 70.1 Armenians: 437.0 8.1 Russians: 341.0 6.3 Azerbaijans: 308.0 5.7 Ossetins: 168.0 … Read more
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (formerly Kazakh SSR) Area 1,048,300 sq. mi Population 17,538,000 Capital Alma-Ata, 1,288,200 Largest cities Karaganda, 608,600; Chimkent, 393,000; Semipalatinsk, 334,000; Ust-Kamenogorsk, 324,000; Aktyubinsk, 253,000; Temiratau, 212,000 Proclamed year of independence December 1991 Kazakhstan on the map Ethnic Groups Composition NAME THOUSANDS % Kazakhs 7,535.0 42.9 Russians 6,472.0 37.0 Germans 958.0 5.4 Ukrainians 896.0 … Read more
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan (formerly Kirgizia or Kirgiz SSR) Area 76,641 sq. mi Population 4,791,000 Capital Bishkek (Frunze), 659,000 Largest cities Osh, 213,000 Proclamed year of independence August 31, 1991 Kyrgyzstan on the map Ethnic Groups Composition NAME THOUSANDS % Kyrgyz 2,730.0 57.0 Russians 951.0 20.0 Uzbeks 550.0 12.0 Ukrainians 108.0 3.0 Germans 101.0 2.0 Tatars 70.0 … Read more
Latvia Latvia (formerly Latvian SSR) Area 24,595 sq. mi Population 2,781,000 Capital Riga, 935,000 Largest cities Daugavpils, 127,000; Liepaja, 114,000 Proclamed year of independence August 21, 1991 Latvia on the map Ethnic Groups Composition NAME THOUSANDS % Latvians 1,502.0 54.0 Russians 906.0 32.0 Belorussians 120.0 4.3 Ukrainians 92.0 3.3 Poles 60.0 2.2 Lithuanians 35.0 1.3 … Read more
Lithuania Lithuania (formerly Lithuanian SSR) Area 25,174 sq. mi Population 3,890,000 Capital Vilnius, 598,900 Largest cities Kaunas, Klaipeda Proclamed year of independence March 11, 1990 Lithuania on the map Ethnic Groups Composition NAME THOUSANDS % Lithuanians 3,139.0 80.7 Russians 344.0 8.85 Poles 258.0 6.64 Belorussians 63.0 1.62 Ukrainians 45.0 1.16 Jews 12.0 1.2 Tatars 5.1 … Read more
Moldova Moldova (formerly Moldavia or Moldavian SSR) Area 13,012 sq. mi Population 4,447,000 Capital Chisinau (Kishinyov), 682,800 Largest cities Tiraspol, 186,000; Beltsy, 165,000; Bendery (Tigina), 141,500 Proclamed year of independence September 1991 Moldova on the map Ethnic Groups Composition NAME THOUSANDS % Moldavians 2,907.0 65.3 Ukrainians 600.0 13.5 Russians 562.0 12.6 Gagauz 153.0 3.4 Bulgarians … Read more
Russia Russia (formerly RSFSR – Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) Area 6,592,812 sq. mi Population 149,386,000 Capital Moscow, 8,811,200 Largest cities St. Petersburg, 4,466,800; Novosibirsk, 1,446,300; Samara (Kuibyshev), 1,257,300; Chelyabinsk, 1,148,300; Rostov-na-Donu, 1,127,600; Volgograd, 1,007,300; Krasnoyarsk, 924,400; Vladivostok, 648,000 Proclaimed date of dissolution of the USSR December 12, 1991 Russia on the map Ethnic Groups … Read more