Soviet Socialist Republic

Shortly thereafter, the Bessarabian lands were carved up, with portions in the north and the south going to Ukraine, while the remainder was united with a strip of land east of the Dnestr (a region known as 'Transnistria') to form the 'Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic'.

The union was recognized by Britain, France and Italy, but the Soviet government declared it illegal, claiming the area as the Bessarabian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1940, following the signing of the MolotovaRibbentrop Pact, the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic was established, which involved parts of Bessarabia and the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, an autonomous republic within the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Remember, it is not that many years since the break up of the old Soviet Socialist Republic.

"Pashinyan is grossly mistaken, at least because during the Soviet period the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in accordance with the Soviet laws did not have the right to withdraw from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic," he added.

The anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic was approved at first.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict began in 1988, when the autonomous region sought to secede from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. The region proclaimed independence when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

Enter Mikhail Gorbachev and the realisation that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic could not make its own ends meet, never mind those of coconut Communist paradise 11,000 kilometres away.

Remember, it is not that many years since the break-up of the old Soviet Socialist Republic.

Belarus was established in 1919 as the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR), which in 1922 became one of the four founding republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

It is made up of Russia and four former members of the defunct Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. These are Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.