What is CCCP - USSR ?

CCCP is the short form Russian equivalent to The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR )

The expanded form of CCCP is Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик.

The Soviet Union or USSR was a one-party state and a union of multiple subnational Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized and governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital. It was established by the communists under the leadership of vladimir lenin on 1922 as an aftermath of October revolution in 1917 in which Tsars was overthrown by Bolsheviks. The union was collapsed on 1991 during the reign of Michael Gorbachev.

On December 25 1991, Gorbachev government's liberalization policies led to the end of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the USSR was dissolved into 15 post-Soviet states also known as former Soviet Republics. Russia is recogonized internationally as the successor of USSR ( Soviet Union ).


Former soviet republics and there independence days are given below

Baltic states which were former soviet republics
Lithuania (Republic of Lithuania) : First to declare its independence from Soviet Union on March 11, 1990
Estonia (Republic of Estonia )declared its independence on August 20, 1991
Latvia (Republic of Latvia) declared its independence on August 21, 1991

Central Asian countries which were former soviet republics
Kazakhstan (Republic of Kazakhstan) December 16, 1991
Kyrgyzstan ( Kyrgyz Republic ) August 31, 1991
Tajikistan (Republic of Tajikistan) September 9, 1991
Turkmenistan October 27, 1991
Uzbekistan (Republic of Uzbekistan), August 31, 1991

East-Central European countries which were former soviet republics
Belarus ( Republic of Belarus), August 25, 1991
Moldova ( Republic of Moldova) August 27, 1991
Ukraine , August 24, 1991

Countries in Southern Caucasus which were former soviet republics
Armenia ( Republic of Armenia ) September 21, 1991
Azerbaijan ( Republic of Azerbaijan ) August 30, 1991
Georgia April 9, 1991



Countries inEurasian Region which were former soviet republics
Russia ( Russian Federation) , It is considered as successor of USSR. attained its independence on December 12, 1991

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