Did you know?
When the United Nations was founded in 1945, the Soviet Union argued that, because it was a federation of 15 republics it should have 15 seats at the UN. It settled for three seats – one each for the Russian, Ukrainian and Belarussian republics – plus one seat on the Security Council.
There is some evidence to show that, as a compromise deal, the United States was also offered three seats at the UN. It didn’t take up the offer, though, as it couldn’t decide which US states should get them.
Here is a list of all of the Soviet Republics, the date they joined the USSR, and the name of their successor country.
| Soviet Republic | Formed | Successor State |
| Russian SFSR | 1922 | Russia |
| Ukrainian SSR | 1922 | Ukraine |
| Uzbek SSR | 1924 | Uzbekistan |
| Kazakh SSR | 1936 | Kazakhstan |
| Belorussian SSR | 1922 | Belarus |
| Azerbaijan SSR | 1936 | Azerbaijan |
| Georgian SSR | 1936 | Georgia |
| Tajik SSR | 1929 | Tajikistan |
| Moldovian SSR | 1922 | Moldova |
| Kirghiz SSR | 1935 | Kyrgyzstan |
| Lithuanian SSR | 1940 | Lithuania |
| Turkmen SSR | 1924 | Turkmenistan |
| Armenia SSR | 1936 | Armenia |
| Latvian SSR | 1940 | Latvia |
| Estonian SSR | 1940 | Estonia |
A number of other republics were also briefly a part of the USSR. They included:
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