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USSR to CIS^¹

Fifteen republics - fifteen sisters. This used to be a common saying in the Soviet Union. In 1991 the family split up with the former republics of the Soviet Union becoming the newly independent states.

Take a look at the changes in their flags and official names. The republics' memberships in the USSR required the incorporation of the red color and the golden star above the crossed hammer and sickle in their flags. "Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika" or Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) was also added to their names.

Click on the flags for the detailed, full-sized versions.

Armeniya (Armyanskaya SSR²)		Armenia
Azerbaidzhan (Azerbaidzhanskaya SSR)		Azerbaijan
Belorussiya (Belorusskaya SSR)		Belarus
Estoniya (Estonskaya SSR)		Estonia
Gruziya (Gruzinskaya SSR)		Georgia
Kazakhstan (Kazakhskaya SSR)		Kazakhstan
Kirgiziya (Kirgizskaya SSR)		Kyrgyzstan
Latviya (Latviiskaya SSR)		Latvia
Litva (Litovskaya SSR)		Lithuania
Moldaviya (Moldavskaya SSR)		Moldova
Rossiya (Russia) (Rossiiskaya SFSR³)		Russia
Tadzhikistan (Tadzhikskaya SSR)		Tajikistan
Turkmeniya (Turkmenskaya SSR)		Turkmenistan
Ukraina (Ukrainskaya SSR)		Ukraine
Uzbekistan (Uzbekskaya SSR)		Uzbekistan
USSR		?