The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized control came crashing down in 1991. This resulted in redrawn borders and ...

In thus reversing the course of modern Baltic history, Moscow separated the Baltic countries ... of the Soviet Union's larger electric transformers and mined 65 percent of the entire Soviet oil shale.

Most of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which includes all countries of the former Soviet Union but the three Baltic countries, have struggled to adapt to the change and ...