Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000 · THE MAP IN
Map of Russia and the former Soviet Union in December 1991
The Soviet Union dissolved
Russia and the former Soviet Union in December 1991: The Soviet Union dissolved. Since October 1990, 16 territories changed status on this map: including Ukraine, Belarus (Byelorussia), Moldova (Moldavia) and 13 more.
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What changes on the map
| Ukraine | The USSR, then Russia → Independent neighbours |
| Belarus (Byelorussia) | The USSR, then Russia → Independent neighbours |
| Moldova (Moldavia) | The USSR, then Russia → Independent neighbours |
| Estonia | War, rebellion, breakaway → Independent neighbours |
| Latvia | War, rebellion, breakaway → Independent neighbours |
| Lithuania | War, rebellion, breakaway → Independent neighbours |
| Georgia | The USSR, then Russia → Independent neighbours |
| Armenia | The USSR, then Russia → Independent neighbours |
| Azerbaijan | The USSR, then Russia → Independent neighbours |
| Kazakhstan | The USSR, then Russia → Independent neighbours |
| Uzbekistan | The USSR, then Russia → Independent neighbours |
| Turkmenistan | The USSR, then Russia → Independent neighbours |
| Kyrgyzstan (Kirghizia) | The USSR, then Russia → Independent neighbours |
| Tajikistan | The USSR, then Russia → Independent neighbours |
| Yugoslavia (Croatia; independent from 1991) | Non-aligned or stateless → War, rebellion, breakaway |
| Yugoslavia (Slovenia; independent from 1991) | Non-aligned or stateless → Independent neighbours |
On the ground
- inside Russia: Chechnya (hatched) declared independence in 1991 and fought two wars with Moscow; Tatarstan and Sakha (dashed) claimed sovereignty and negotiated instead
- South Ossetia, outside Tbilisi’s control since the war of 1991–92
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