WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country was considered to be the successor country of the Soviet Union in regards to its military and position in the United Nations?
A
Russia
B
Ukraine
C
Georgia
D
Latvia
E
Armenia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, its UN seat was transferred to the Russian Federation, the successor state of the USSR.

Detailed explanation-2: -With the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, the United States considered the Russian Federation as the successor state of the USSR.

Detailed explanation-3: -Also known as the Soviet Union, the new communist state was the successor to the Russian Empire and the first country in the world to be based on Marxist socialism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Geography. The Soviet Union covered an area of over 22, 402, 200 square kilometres (8, 649, 500 sq mi), and was the world’s largest country, a status that is retained by its successor state, Russia.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Soviet Union was formed in 1922 by a treaty between the Soviet republics of Byelorussia, Russia, Transcaucasia, and Ukraine, by which they became its constituent republics.

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