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The republics of the Soviet Union.

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The subjects of the Soviet Union (Russian: субъекты СССР, sub"yekty SSSR), colloquially known as union subjects(субъекты союза, sub"yekty soyuza, lit. "subjects of the union") are the top-level constituent entities within the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics. The Soviet Union currently comprises of 21 union subjects, which includes 18 union republics (союзные республики, soyuznyye ryespubliki) and 3 union cities (города союзного значения, goroda soyuznogo znachyeniya; lit. "cities of union significance").

Some republics of the USSR contain within them autonomous republics. The union subjects and autonomous republics are subdivided into oblasts and rayons (which can vary)

Republics

Emblem	Name	ISO	Capital	Official Languages	Population	Area (km2)	GDP (Nominal)	HDI
	Russia	RU	Nizhny Novgorod	Russian	65,662,671		$2,503.39 trillion	0.931 very high
	Ukraine	UA	Kiev	Ukrainian, Russian	53,491,584	576,628	$1,676.4 billion	0.920 very high
	Sibeira	SB	Novosibirsk	Russian	40,415,298		$1,568.32 billion	0.910 very high
	Uzbekistan	UZ	Tashkent	Uzbek, Russian	39,051,762		$562.16 billion	0.855 very high
	Kazakhstan	KZ	Alma-Ata	Kazakh, Russian	23,050,250	2,724,900	$696.26 billion	0.901 very high
	Cossackia	KA	Rostov-on-Don	Circassian, Ukrainian, Russian	23,036,113		$532.73 billion	0.901 very high
	Belarus	BY	Minsk	Byelorussian, Russian	12,182,167	207,595	$411.13 billion	0.940 very high
	Azerbaijan	AZ	Baku	Azerbaijani, Russian	10,218,159	86,600	$161.5 billion	0.870 very high
	Tajikistan	TJ	Dushanbe	Tajik, Russian	9,537,645	142,326	$71.8 billion	0.779 high
	Kirghizia	KG	Bishkek	Kirghiz, Russian	7,238,184	199,951	$77.45 billion	0.788 high
	Turkmenistan	TM	Ashkhabad	Turkmen, Russian	6,031,187	491,210	$94.15 billion	0.873 very high
	Bashkortostan	BA			5,135,627		$54.67 billion
	Tatarstan	TE			5,092,933		$101.86 billion
	Crimea	KM		Ukrainian, Russian	4,860,990	27,000	$94.88 billion
	Rep. Far East	FE	Vladivostok	Russian, Chukchi	4,314,365		$146.69 billion	0.869 very high
	Degestan	DE			3,785,416		$35.43 billion
	Karlaia	KR	Petrozavodsk	Karelian, Russian	2,597,154	180,520	$54.87 billion
	Vainakhia	VA			2,168,372		$28.5 billion	0.834 very high
	Buryatia	BU	Ulan-Ude	Buryat, Russian	2,147,426	408,650	$22 billion	0.855 very high
	Karakalpakstan	QR			2,063,800		$22.33 billion	0.833 very high
	Komi	KO			1,846,927		$60.95 billion
	Udmurtia	UD			1,769,903		$26.65 billion
	Republic of Sakha	SA	Yakutsk	Yakut, Russian	1,513,971	3,083,523	$162.67 billion	0.920 very high
	Mari El	ME			1,348,895		$13.49 billion
	Mordovia	MO			1,060,545		$12.94 billion
	Abkhazia	AB			1,102,628		$9.88 billion
	Kalmykia	KL			1,000,026		$16 billion
	Tranistria	PM			961,875		$12.22 billion
	Balkaria	KB			865,828		$10.39 billion
	Ossetia	OS			750,049		$7.01 billion
	Tuva	TY			741,910		$7.03 billion	0.833 very high
	Artsakh	AR	Stepanakert	Armenian, Russian	710,845	3,170	$10.52 billion	0.876 very high
	Chuvashia	CU			400,700		$6.19 billion
	Gugazia	GA			359,011		$3.34 billion
Total					336,514,216		$9,285.8 billion

Union Cites

Emblem	Name	ISO	Official Languages	Population	Area (km2)	GDP (Nominal)	HDI
	Moscow		Russian	13,010,112		$762.81 billion	0.94 very high
	Sevastopol		Ukrainian, Russian	821,730		$19.28 billion
	Saint Petersburg		Russian	5,601,911		$243.57 billion	0.918 very high
Total				19,433,753		$1,010.38 billion

Autonomous Republics

Emblem	Name	ISO	Capital	Official Languages	Population	Republic	Area (km2)	GDP (Nominal)	HDI
	Yiddishland	FE-YD	Birobidzhan	Russian, Chukchi Yiddish	176,558	Rep. Far East		$27.21 billion	0.833 very high
	Chukotka	FE-CH	Anadyr	Russian, Chukchi	155,962	Rep. Far East		$14.32 billion	0.876 very high
	Nenetsia				56,721
	Transcarpathia	UA-TA	Uzhhorod	Hungarian, Russian, Ukrainian	1,254,393	Ukraine		$23.36 billion	0.864 very high
	Sakhal-Korea	FE-KO	Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky	Russian, Chukchi, Korean	533,345	Rep. Far East		$25.23 billion	0.95 very high
	Taymyr				778,191
	Evenkia				17,123
	Yugra				556,821
	Ust-Orda				132,321
	Yamalo				561,231
	Koryak				47,231
	Khanty-Mansi				1,816,321
	Adygea
	Cherkessia				484,752
	Komi-Permyak				132,123
	Khakassia				542,134
	Altai				210,924
	Nakhchivan				414,900
	Ingushetia				513,421	Vainakhia
	Talysh-Mughan				116,231
	Steppenland	KZ-ST	Yereymentau	Kazakh, German, Russian	807,354	Kazakhstan		$45.38 billion	0.95 very high
	Gorno-Badakhshan	GB-TJ	Khorog	Russian Tajik Parya	226,900	Tajikistan		$2.1 billion	0.754 high
	Luhansk	UA-LH	Luhansk	Ukrainian, Russian	492,311	Ukraine		$12.67 billion	0.89 very high
	Donetsk	UA-DN	Donetsk	Ukrainian, Russian	1,231,313	Ukraine		$41.19 billion	0.86 very high

Oblasts

Emblem	Name	Administrative center	Population	Raions	Republic	Area (km2)

Raions

Emblem	Name	Administrative center	Population	Oblast	Area (km2)