Central Asia experienced an overall drop in fertility, but all five of its post-Soviet republics show a fertility rate that is well above replacement level. Fertility rate is one of the ...

Officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the state was made up of 15 republics – including Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan ...

The Presidents of the Soviet Republics of Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia met and signed a treaty which ended 70 years of Soviet communism. Hear from two of those leaders Show more In December 1991 ...