It’s been 33 years now since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 into 15 separate countries. And what a ride it’s been. The West has reaped the fruits of the USSR’s loss, expanding NATO to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to miss the funeral of the last Soviet leader, ... helped to trigger nationalist movements within the 15 Soviet republics that he was powerless to quell. ...

Ukraine had the second-largest population and economy of the 15 Soviet republics. 1994 ... It is the first time an incumbent has been defeated in a presidential election in a former Soviet republic.