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States and territories disestablished in 1991

  • Kazakh Soviet Socialist RepublicThe Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic emerged on the 5th of December 1936, transforming from the earlier Kirghiz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • Ukrainian Soviet Socialist RepublicThe Bolsheviks convened a separate congress and declared the first Soviet Republic of Ukraine on the 24th of December 1917.
  • Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicOn the 7th of November 1917, the Russian Soviet Republic emerged as a sovereign state following the October Revolution. This event marked the creation of the…
  • Byelorussian Soviet Socialist RepublicMinsk fell to Bolshevik forces on the 10th of December 1918. This event marked a turning point after years of shifting control during World War I and the…
  • People's Socialist Republic of AlbaniaOn the 29th of November 1944, partisan forces entered the capital city of Tirana to liberate Albania from Axis occupation.
  • Soviet UnionIn November 1917, Vladimir Lenin led the Bolsheviks to seize power from the Provisional Government in Petrograd. Workers and soldiers had formed councils…