States Established After The Collapse of The Soviet Union

A list of states that declared their independence with the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.

• Russia

• Belarus

• Azerbaijan

• Armenia

• Estonia

• Turkmenistan

• Tajikistan

• Uzbekistan

• Georgia

• Kyrgyzstan

• Kazakhistan

• Latvia

• Lithuanian

• Moldova

• Ukraine

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States was established under the leadership of the Russian Federation.

The Commonwealth of Independent States agreed on the ending of the Soviet Union with an agreement they signed on 8 December 1991.

On December 21, 1991, all states outside Georgia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signed this agreement.

Georgia signed an agreement in 1993. But after the war between Russia and Georgia in 2008, Georgia left the Commonwealth of Independent States on 15 August 2008.

Another state that left the Commonwealth of Independent States was Turkmenistan. Ukraine was not a member because the assembly did not approve it. There are 9 countries in the Community.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, on 1 July 1991 the Warsaw Pact also disintegrated.