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Centrally planned economies, once widespread among Communist states, are now limited to North Korea, Cuba, and partially China, with most nations transitioning to market-oriented systems. For a detailed description, click on the article title.
The FSU, 15 nations from the USSR’s 22.4M sq km, span 4,000 km with 300M people, blending Soviet past and present. For a detailed description, click on the article title.
Former USSR/EE, 27 nations across 23.6M sq km, transition from Soviet past to varied futures in a global hierarchy. For a detailed description, click on the article title.
Russia’s name for the now-independent former republics, other than Russia, of the USSR.
The union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or the Soviet Union, was formed in 1922 by the communists and officially dissolved in 1991.