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Countries of the Soviet Union

Try to guess the countries that were part of the USSR before it dissolved in 1991.
Quiz by entertainmint3
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Last updated: September 17, 2018
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First submittedJune 6, 2012
Times taken144,251
Average score86.7%
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Country
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
Country
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Country
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
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Level 34
Feb 2, 2016
Missed Moldova. I'm impressed that 70% did not.
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Level 58
Feb 3, 2016
Weirdly, I always seem to either miss or take a long time to get one of the stans - but not always the same one.
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Level 67
Feb 4, 2016
Please accept Carrotstan for Kazakhstan
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Level 30
Jul 29, 2016
And Poland for every answer.
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Level 44
Feb 10, 2016
More people knew Ukraine than Russia???

surprising

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Level 76
Dec 7, 2018
I think that Russia is such an obvious answer that people sort of subconsciously eliminate it. I mean, people frequently referred to the USSR as just "Russia" anyway, so it can feel like the question is "What countries used to be part of Russia," and you wouldn't necessarily think you'd have to put "Russia" down for that.
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Level 35
Feb 25, 2016
More people got Ukraine and the Baltic states than Russia... Wow
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Level 34
Apr 2, 2018
yeah... i very nearly forgot russia, but finished with 2.00 to spare
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Level 68
Mar 16, 2016
Moldova always take me longer to remember, but I got it with 2 minutes to spare.
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Level 82
Apr 26, 2016
Pretty amusing that Russia is around the middle of the field in terms of percentage who guessed it correctly.
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Level 69
May 1, 2016
They think it's Moldova it is now
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Level 51
Jun 16, 2016
Forgot all the Caucasus
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Level 70
Jul 18, 2016
Finished in 30 seconds, thanks for the easy points!
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Level 47
Jul 19, 2016
2:22 left!
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Level 45
Aug 4, 2016
I wouldn't consider Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in this list. At least they aren't in the geography song my kids learned about the countries of the former USSR
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Level 59
Mar 22, 2017
Has it occurred to you that the song is wrong then? Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania most definitely three of the fifteen republics of the old USSR.
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Level 84
Nov 1, 2018
Technically, yes. Many countries, in fact most, considered it an illegal takeover and several, including the US, maintained that the Baltic States were independent nations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_continuity_of_the_Baltic_states

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Level 59
Dec 7, 2018
"Technically, yes"...? Well this quiz is about which countries were "technically" part of the Soviet Union!
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Level 81
Dec 7, 2018
The USSR issued passports, Russified the Baltic countries, and were governed by the Communist Party and all three were Republics of the USSR, on par with other republics (except for Russia). They were considered essentially Soviet. Recognized or not, legal or not, they were part of the Soviet Union in practice.
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Level 32
Aug 5, 2016
Ugh... I only forgot Moldova...
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Level 70
Mar 27, 2017
WHy is russia not the most guessed one?
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Level 37
Aug 16, 2017
Because many of us still think of Russia AS the Soviet Union. Have you really noticed a difference?
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Level 73
Aug 22, 2017
Just completely biffed Russia.
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Level 82
Nov 12, 2017
I've been to 9 of these countries. I might have been to 10 except the visa to Azerbaijan is expensive.
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Level 75
Dec 7, 2018
Just wondering, how many countries have you been to?
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Level 89
Dec 7, 2018
61, according to his map.
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Level 82
Dec 10, 2022
68 now. Though I've slowed way down.
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Level 71
Nov 12, 2017
Good quiz...... If you want a really tricky Eurasian Quiz ........here it is
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Level 32
Apr 3, 2018
can't believe i forgot russia...
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Level 72
Apr 3, 2018
Glad to be part of that 12% who forgot Russia !
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Level 47
Apr 7, 2018
In Soviet Russia, quiz takes you!
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Level 54
Dec 7, 2018
Please tell me I'm not the only one who missed Russia...
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Level 75
Dec 7, 2018
If you'd read the previous comments you wouldn't worry about that.
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Level 75
Dec 7, 2018
I didn't know that Sandi Toksvig had been in the Soviet Forces...
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Level 59
Oct 30, 2020
Now you mention it, it does look a bit like her
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Level 11
Dec 7, 2018
How did so many people miss Russia, they were practically the Soviet Union anyway. 88% is shocking, even Ukraine managed 95%.
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Level 81
Dec 7, 2018
I think because people just think Russia = USSR, so its like the other countries broke off and they forget to put Russia as an answer. I almost missed it as well and then the light bulb went on.
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Level 82
Dec 7, 2018
I think you answered your own question when you said Russia was practically the Soviet Union. A lot of people are probably thinking of countries *other than* Russia since they see Russia and the USSR as synonymous.
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Level 53
Jan 23, 2019
Yes, I actually did FORGET RUSSIA.....SMH.
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Level 55
Dec 7, 2018
How does only 88% get Russia?
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Level 64
Dec 7, 2018
100%!!! YES!
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Level 25
Dec 7, 2018
I forgot Russia... oops.
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Level 25
Dec 7, 2018
I didn't think about Russia... stupid me...
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Level 71
Dec 10, 2018
I missed the Vatican in the Catholic Countries quiz :o)
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Level 24
Dec 21, 2018
RUSSIA!!!! I got it all but RUSSIA.... nope...
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Level 44
Jun 1, 2020
в1уат ты
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Level 27
Oct 5, 2019
russia is the ussr
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Level 58
Aug 28, 2022
uh are you trying to prove a point or
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Level 35
Oct 31, 2019
Why is East Germany not included? Might be a dumb question...
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Level 40
Dec 1, 2019
because it wasn't in the USSR
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Level 28
Feb 26, 2020
East Germany was an occupation zone, then a satellite state
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Level 67
Aug 13, 2021
It is a dumb question indeed.
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Level 71
Dec 31, 2019
Is that a picture of Valentina Tereshkova ?
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Level ∞
Apr 21, 2020
Sure is.
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Level 76
Dec 31, 2019
This is the fourth time I've taken this quiz, and the last three times I've needed exactly 51 seconds for each. That's consistency for you. :)
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Level 37
Dec 31, 2019
I don't remember asking you
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Level 44
Jun 1, 2020
lol
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Level 32
Mar 20, 2020
Ah, the memories!
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Level ∞
Apr 21, 2020
The bread lines. The complete lack of decent entertainment options. Not getting to choose what city you lived in. The bleak apartment blocks. Those were the days!
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Level 59
Oct 30, 2020
You old romantic, you...! ;-)
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Level 59
Nov 21, 2021
"Bleak apartment blocks" are better than homelessness.
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Level 44
Jun 1, 2020
if you get 15/15 you are a true communist
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Level 55
Sep 9, 2020
I got 15/15 but I am certainly not a communist. I just have an interest in the countries of the world.
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Level 54
Dec 3, 2020
Nonsense. Embrace your communist self, brother.
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Level 33
Dec 31, 2020
yes comrade
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Level 18
Jun 22, 2020
I put Moldova and I didn't get it correct
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Level 44
Jan 15, 2022
You probably misspelt it then.
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Level 32
Dec 3, 2020
DID I REALLY FORGOT RUSSIA ITSELF
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Level 33
Dec 3, 2020
OMG I forgot russia
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Level 54
Dec 3, 2020
22 seconds
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Level 57
Dec 3, 2020
Figured moldova was a part of romania. TIL
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Level 32
Dec 3, 2020
When people remember your favorite country more than Russia: Yes, but actually yes-
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Level 40
Dec 3, 2020
It's funny and sad at the same time when more people guessed Kazahkstan than Russia.
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Level 23
Dec 7, 2020
All hail the glorius soviet union!
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Level 42
Dec 9, 2020
A moment of silence for the 11% of people that didn't get Russia
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Level 48
Dec 10, 2020
Got them all in 1:03, have visited 8 of them so this was pretty easy
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Level 52
Dec 29, 2020
EZ
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Level 64
Jan 15, 2021
I finally spelled Kyrg *proceeds to scroll up* yzstan right...
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Level 50
May 13, 2021
Where is Finland it was a country owned by the Ussr unless it was given independence before it broke up.
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Level 60
Jun 26, 2021
Finland became independent in 1917

The USSR was established in 1922

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Level 64
Aug 22, 2021
Finland was part of the Russian Empire but became independent after the Russian Revolution and the USSR never got Finland back, though they tried during the Winter War.
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Level 49
Oct 10, 2021
Finland was never owned by the USSR. It gained independence from the Russian Empire before the USSR even existed.
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Level 29
Jul 23, 2021
This is actually embarrassing, how did yall forget russia XD
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Level 67
Aug 13, 2021
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Level 30
Aug 26, 2021
Nice quiz
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Level 36
Sep 12, 2021
We couldve counted tannu tuva because they were apart of the ussr but in ww2 they were only reconized by mongolia and the ussr sooo maybe but maybe not.
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Level 30
Oct 7, 2021
i got all comrade
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Level 37
Nov 23, 2021
Took me 2 minutes to remember Russia, I almost failed the quiz😰😨🤯😭
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Level 65
Feb 13, 2022
Союз нерушимый республик свободных

Сплотила навеки Великая Русь.

Да здравствует созданный волей народов

Единый, могучий Советский Союз!

Славься, Отечество наше свободное,

Дружбы народов надёжный оплот!

Партия Ленина - сила народная

Нас к торжеству коммунизма ведёт!

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Level 47
Apr 12, 2022
Very disappointed. Got all but Ukraine.🇺🇦
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Level 47
Jun 22, 2022
You can see the pattern here: 3 Baltic countries, 5 central Asian '-stan' countries, 3 Caucasus region countries, 4 eastern European countries so a total of 15 countries. Pretty easy to memorize.
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Level 40
Jul 27, 2022
Russia....I forgot Russia.
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Level 58
Aug 28, 2022
Got it with 2 minutes left, almost forgot Uzbekistan
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Level 50
Nov 7, 2022
More people remember Ukraine than Russia lol
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Level 63
Dec 9, 2022
I find it funny how lax the typeins for Tajikistan are. "Tajoctopusstan" "Tajuwuowoperiodahhperioduhhstan" and "Tajpneumoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosisstan" all work.
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Level 59
Dec 10, 2022
Ngl, my first guess was USSR. Not even joking.
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Level 43
Dec 10, 2022
Guess assumed ussr is russia, didn't think to guess it.
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Level 34
Dec 10, 2022
Its suprising that more ppl guessed Ukraine than Russia 😯
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Level 31
Jan 12, 2023
I got everything except Russia.. Why is Russia even necessary to write :skull:
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Level 29
Mar 22, 2023
EZ but got in 37 seconds cause i misspelled kyrgyzstan