Submitted by christian on Fri, 12/24/2021 - 14:50
On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union ceased to exist as a sovereign state.
The Soviet Union was once the largest country in the world, covering more than 22 million square kilometers. It consisted of 15 Soviet socialist republics but was highly centralized for most of its history. Although the U.S.S.R.'s official language was Russian, more than 200 other languages and dialects were spoken, and it was home to more than 290 million people of various ethnicities.
