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Originally Posted by mineistaken
Soviet Union was Russia occupying other countries of the "union". Russia was the boss and ruled other countries.
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Wrong - Russia was a part of SU, Soviets had Satellite states(allies) - not boss but who was guaranteed safety from the USA who want to turn poor Poland into slavery
The Soviet Union was a very ethnically diverse country, with more than 100 distinct ethnic groups. The total population was estimated at 293 million in 1991. According to a 1990 estimate, the majority were Russians (50.78%), followed by Ukrainians (15.45%) and Uzbeks (5.84%).
Soviet
Union:
Russian Federation
Ukraine
Belarus
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
The Soviet Union, its allies, and its satellite states
The USSR is seen in red, while states in light pink were satellites. Yugoslavia, a communist state that was a Soviet ally until 1948, is marked in purple. Albania, a communist state which ceased being allied to the Soviet Union in the '60s after the Sino-Soviet split, is marked in orange.
These countries were the closest allies of the Soviet Union. They were members of the Comecon, a Soviet-led economic community founded in 1949. In addition, the ones located in Eastern Europe were also members of the Warsaw Pact. They were sometimes called the Eastern bloc in English and were widely viewed as Soviet satellite states.
Bulgaria Bulgaria
Cuba
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary Hungary
Mongolia Mongolia
Poland Poland
Romania Romania
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslav Partisans/Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (ended affiliation with USSR in 1948 due to Tito-Stalin Split)
Vietnam North Vietnam/Vietnam (after 1976)
Albania Albania (ended participation in Comecon after 1961 due to Sino-Soviet Split)
North Korea from 1945 to 1950. After Chinese intervention in the Korean War in 1950, North Korea remained a Soviet ally, but used the Juche ideology to balance Chinese and Soviet influence. Following the withdrawal of Chinese troops in 1958, North Korea pursued a highly isolationist foreign policy. It did not join the Comecon or any other international organization of communist states.
