BRIC nation Russia

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   The Russian Federation, Russia

Map of the Union Republics from 1956-1991
Soviet socialist republic	member since	population (1989)	pop./ USSR pop. (%)	area (km²) (1991)	area/ USSR area (%)	capital	independent state	No.
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	1922	7008147386000000000147,386,000	700151400000000000051.40	700717075400000000017,075,400	700176620000000000076.62	Moscow	Russia	1
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic	1922	700751706746000000051,706,746	700118030000000000018.03	7005603700000000000603,700	70002710000000000002.71	Kiev (Kharkov before 1934)	Ukraine	2
Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic	1924	700719906000000000019,906,000	70006940000000000006.94	7005447400000000000447,400	70002009999999999992.01	Tashkent (Samarkand before 1930)	Uzbekistan	4
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic	1936	700716711900000000016,711,900	70005830000000000005.83	70062727300000000002,727,300	700112240000000000012.24	Alma-Ata	Kazakhstan	5
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	1922	700710151806000000010,151,806	70003540000000000003.54	7005207600000000000207,600	69999300000000000000.93	Minsk	Belarus	3
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic	1936	70067037900000000007,037,900	70002450000000000002.45	700486600000000000086,600	69993900000000000000.39	Baku	Azerbaijan	7
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic	1936	70065400841000000005,400,841	70001880000000000001.88	700469700000000000069,700	69993100000000000000.31	Tbilisi	Georgia	6
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic	1929	70065112000000000005,112,000	70001780000000000001.78	7005143100000000000143,100	69996400000000000000.64	Dushanbe	Tajikistan	12
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic	1940	70064337600000000004,337,600	70001510000000000001.51	700433843000000000033,843	69991500000000000000.15	Kishinev	Moldova	9
Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic	1936	70064257800000000004,257,800	70001480000000000001.48	7005198500000000000198,500	69998900000000000000.89	Frunze	Kyrgyzstan	11
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic	1940	70063689779000000003,689,779	70001290000000000001.29	700465200000000000065,200	69992899900000000000.29	Vilnius	Lithuania	8
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic	1924	70063522700000000003,522,700	70001230000000000001.23	7005488100000000000488,100	70002190000000000002.19	Ashkhabad	Turkmenistan	14
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic	1936	70063287700000000003,287,700	70001150000000999991.15	700429800000000000029,800	69991300000000000000.13	Yerevan	Armenia	13
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic	1940	70062666567000000002,666,567	69999300000000000000.93	700464589000000000064,589	69992899900000000000.29	Riga	Latvia	10
Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic	1940	70061565662000000001,565,662	69995500000000000000.55	700445226000000000045,226	69992000000000000000.20	Tallinn