WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following countries was NOT one of the countries formed out of the former Soviet Union?
A
Russia
B
Poland
C
Moldova
D
Latvia
E
Ukraine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Finland. Finland was not a part of the former USSR. In 1991, the Soviet Union included present-day Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Soviet Empire was made up of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belorussia (now Belarus), Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgiziya (now Kyrgyzstan), Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia (now Moldova), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bush recognized all 12 independent republics and established diplomatic relations with Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. In February 1992, Baker visited the remaining republics and diplomatic relations were established with Uzbekistan, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan.

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