MAKING HISTORY Eventually, communism collapsed in the Soviet Union. In 1991, some Communists
who were bitterly opposed to Gorbachev’s reforms attempted to take over the government. This led to the break-up of the Soviet Union and the creation of independent republics. The Cold War was at an end.
Former Eastern Bloc Former USSR
Former Satellite States
Former Socialist FR of Yugoslavia USSR-aligned until 1960
1. What countries were part of the Soviet Union up to 1990, based on the map?
2. What countries were former satellite states of the Soviet Union (USSR)?
3. What is the importance of the date attached to each country’s name in the map?
GERMANY (1990)
CZECH REP. (1990)
POLAND (1989)
SLOVAKIA (1990)
SLOVENIA (1991)
HUNGARY (1989)
CROATIA (1991)
AND HERZ. (1991)
BOS.
MONTENEGRO (1991)
ALBANIA (1992)
SERBIA (1991)
BULGARIA (1990)
MACEDONIA (1991)
Countries in Eastern Europe that were directly or indirectly under the control of the Soviet Union until the collapse of communism in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Other states further east, such as Georgia (not on map), got their independence from the Soviet Union also.
ROMANIA (1989)
Black Sea
UKRAINE (1991)
MOLDOVA (1991)
(Year) Communist Rule Ended Baltic Sea
LATVIA (1991)
LITHUANIA (1990)
BELARUS (1991)
ESTONIA (1991)
RUSSIA (1991)
INVESTIGATING A REPOSITORY OF HISTORICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE COLD WAR
