Countries of the Soviet Union

Try to guess the countries that were part of the USSR before it dissolved in 1991.

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Last updated: September 17, 2018

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First submitted	June 6, 2012
Times taken	137,618
Average score	86.7%
Rating	4.99

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Country

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Estonia

Georgia

Country

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lithuania

Moldova

Country

Russia

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

+85

Level 91

Nov 23, 2015

*Facepalm*. Almost forgot the top row of the third column.

+16

Level 57

Jan 30, 2016

Same here. Completely forgot about it. I was just thinking 'what other Eastern Bloc' countries were there

+38

Level 36

Jan 31, 2016

12% forget russia actually

Level 67

Apr 3, 2018

And me

Level 39

May 26, 2018

LoL :D

Level 52

May 5, 2020

Spoilers

Level 71

Dec 3, 2020

I almost did. Spent like a minute trying to think what else was in the USSR before remembering Russia.

Level 48

Mar 14, 2021

how do you forget Russia lol

Level 34

Oct 18, 2021

I forgot Moldova...but then I remembered lol

Level 34

Oct 18, 2021

So i did get everything correct

Level 66

Mar 7, 2022

i also forgot russia lol

Level 24

Feb 7, 2023

HOW! Russia is like the base of the union, right?!

Level 57

Feb 7, 2023

Russia was my first guess. Literally the soul of the USSR.

Level 68

May 19, 2017

Lol yeah me too

Level 44

Jul 28, 2017

How can you forget russia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+20

Level 66

Dec 7, 2018

It's like the people who take the planets quiz and forget Earth.

Level 47

Nov 6, 2017

Same. I hate this quiz already haha.

Level 82

Nov 16, 2017

Me too.

Level 37

Mar 20, 2018

I only got it by going through the alphabet. The only "R's" that fit were Romania and Russia.

Level 74

Dec 3, 2020

R isn't the only letter between M and T

Level 30

Sep 16, 2022

its the only letter between M and T that a soviet country starts with lol

Level 57

Feb 7, 2023

No, Rwanda is a valid answer. Should have tried it. 99.99% forget that this country was definitely in the Soviet Union, except me of course!

(NOTE: RWANDA IS A COUNTRY IN AFRICA AND WAS NEVER A PART OF THE SOVIET UNION. I LIKE TO BE SARCASTIC SOMETIMES).

Level 56

Aug 19, 2020

same i felt so stupid for forgetting it the first time i went through; i got 14/15 except for that

Level 31

Dec 3, 2020

14/15 but forgot armenia

Level 53

Dec 3, 2020

Same

Level 30

Dec 12, 2022

how the heck did I forget ukraine!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Level 78

Nov 29, 2015

When you consider how many people can score 100%, shouldn't you consider reducing the time available to two minutes or less ?

Level 81

Dec 4, 2015

Or...ask to name their current capitals as well!

Level 24

Apr 4, 2017

BazMcHat, I just made a quiz on that. http://www.jetpunk.com/user-preview/234684/1130496

Level 70

Nov 5, 2017

I can't play it. It's your preview :D

Level 70

Nov 5, 2017

Here is it:

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/234684/former-ussr-state-capitals

Level 47

Mar 26, 2022

bruh

+18

Level 71

Jan 30, 2016

It's a General Knowledge quiz not a typing competition, if you want a challenge only type with one little finger, or blindfolded etc. Or better still make your own quiz with 20 questions in 20 seconds.

Level 83

Nov 12, 2017

30 seconds is plenty.

+26

Level 71

Apr 2, 2018

What difference does it make if people guess the answers. Jetpunk is a fun site that helps people learn and have fun. There are no 'Gold Medals' to be won, nobody cares if you can finish the quiz in 3.2 seconds..... grow up and enjoy the quizzes.

Level 83

Apr 2, 2018

It matters because people want to enjoy taking the quizzes. If there is an excessive time limit then after you get the answers you know you are sitting there just picking your nose for 4 minutes trying to come up with another answer. That's not fun. The time limit ought to be enough to get all the answers but not excessive. It also makes the results less meaningful. Nobody cares if you don't like my comment. Nobody cares if you dislike me personally. Grow up and enjoy the quizzes and let other people enjoy the quizzes and leave constructive criticism at the same time.

+18

Level 65

Dec 8, 2018

You dont have to sit around and wait, there is a give up button. It doesnt mean your entire effort is erased, it simply ends the timer.

Level 43

Dec 9, 2018

Kalbahamut, please, speak for yourself

Level 83

Sep 28, 2019

I never claimed to be speaking for you, jadze. And Sif: there's also a take untimed button. The time limit should be there to give you a reasonable amount of time to get all the answers if you know all the answers. Otherwise there's no point in having a time limit at all.

+16

Level 67

Dec 20, 2019

I think we forget that whilst most of us Jetpunk regular users can name 196 countries as fast as we can type them, at least 150 capital cities without thinking hard, 15 USSR & 7 Yugoslavian countries as quick as we like, and we can recognise most countries by their shapes or borders... I'll hold my hand up and say I couldn't do most of that before I used Jetpunk years ago. So whilst I typed them in in 20 seconds (and I'm a 6 day old kitten with a blindfold on), a lot of people can't, and thats fine because they're testing themselves and learning. The time limits never bother me, not everyone is as fast at typing or remembering as us all.

Level 83

Dec 31, 2019

^ this is irrelevant. If you don't like taking the quizzes timed, turn off the time limit. If the time limit is there but set to be enormously excessive, for the average jetpunk user not the slowest of the slow, this will decrease the fun for the average user. And it defeats the purpose of having a time limit.

Level 83

Dec 31, 2019

and, while 30 seconds IS plenty of time for this quiz, 2 minutes would be fine, and 4 minutes, though excessive, isn't as bad as if it were 5 minutes or 10 minutes or 20 minutes. Commenting on the length of a quiz doesn't mean you need to grow up. It's not a criticism of YOU if you can't do the quiz. It's a relevant observation. Otherwise they would simply remove the timer.

Level 52

Jan 22, 2020

It might be plenty of time for native English speakers, but for someone outside 30 seconds doesn't really leave a chance even for a mistype - it took me 36 seconds, with continuous typing and only two mistypes - and not "full mistypes", as in "put in a wrong country" or "put in an incorrect spelling in its' entirety", but rather "typed excessive letter, instantly deleted" mistypes (Kyrgyzstan is, to be honest, a challenge to spell, and my fingers aren't that familiar with QWERTY keyboards). So a minute or 1:30 would be more reasonable - Jetpunk caters for non-native English speakers too, after all, and quizes in other languages might be a bit... Scarce, shall we say.

Level 83

Jul 28, 2020

^ so get better or turn the timer off. As mentioned repeatedly I'm speaking to the average JetPunk user, not the slowest non-English speakers out there.

Level 57

Dec 3, 2020

If it’s just enough time for the average typer to finish, then it’s not just the slowest of the slow being left out, but a huge portion of total users (and especially mobile).

Level 77

Mar 12, 2021

It took me 49 seconds to type all the answers, without making any wrong guesses. English is my first language, and I can name all 196 countries recognised by jetpunk, and most of their capitals. I won't get into an argument with anyone over how long should be allowed for this quiz, but maybe someone could ask their friend's lovely, highly intelligent neurosurgeon wife for her opinion on the matter, and I will defer to her better judgment.

Level 83

Mar 28, 2021

she agrees with me as any reasonable person would and says you sound like one of her patients after a badly botched procedure.

Level 77

Oct 6, 2021

Haha. Another bite. Such an easy game.

Level 83

Dec 16, 2021

Trolls are pathetic, sad creatures that everyone hates. So I sometimes do what I can to make their empty lives at least slightly more bearable.

Level 77

Jan 18, 2022

and another.

Level 63

Dec 3, 2020

No offense, but it seems like I get a few paragraphs of kalbahamut every other quiz I take.

Level 54

Dec 21, 2015

Love the photo on this quiz!

Level 59

Jan 22, 2016

I got all but one country- I conveniently forgot the most obvious one...

Level 24

Jan 30, 2016

I got all of the European countries, but completely missed most of Asia (including the most obvious one).

Level 48

Jan 30, 2016

14/15.. forgot to type in Russia. *facepalm*

Level 85

Jan 30, 2016

It seems that 9% of takers fell into the trap... Russia should be the most guessed answer but it's not the case.

Level 46

Jun 14, 2018

It is probably because the USSR is normally thought of as Russia (even though obviously it isn't) and people are trying to guess the countries that "Russia" owned.

Level 78

Jan 30, 2016

If you do Jetpunk quizzes even occasionally, you must know how to spell "Kyrgyzstan."

Level 75

Jan 30, 2016

It's how I learned.

Level 65

Jan 30, 2016

They do accept "Kirgistan", and that's much faster to type.

+14

Level 84

Jul 18, 2016

Yes, but you feel shame.

Level 13

Dec 3, 2020

No, no I don't.

Level 31

Apr 3, 2018

Pretty sure Kyrgyzia should be accepted as that is what it was known as when it was part of the Evil Empire.

Level 65

Dec 8, 2018

It is Kurdistan in dutch. Allmost seem like a totally different name in english. The first few times had to think for a while. I think thr very first time didnt even realize it was the same country...

Most names are as good as the same. Except belarus for wit-rusland (white-russia) ow yea and duitsland for germany.

Level 68

Dec 9, 2018

Kyrgyzstan and Kurdistan are definitely not the same place. The Dutch spelling of Kyrgyzstan is Kirgistan or Kirgizië. Kurdistan can also be spelled Koerdistan or Kordestan in Dutch. Kyrgyzstan was part of the USSR. Kurdistan isn't a country, it refers to the homeland of the Kurdish people, which is in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

Level 57

Dec 3, 2020

I do forget the z for some reason. Oh well, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Level 28

Jan 30, 2016

A real great quiz, quite easy though

Level 59

Jan 30, 2016

Love the picture of the soldier. I wonder what or where she is now?

Level 59

Feb 1, 2016

That's Valentina Tereshkova, former cosmonaut and first woman in space. According to Wikipedia she's still alive at 78.

Level 28

Jan 30, 2016

For god's sake, I forgot Russia...

Level 22

Oct 18, 2022

Same here. I tried getting the hard ones then totally forgot about it. I'm disappointed in myself..

Level 73

Jan 30, 2016

Thank you for the easiest 5 points ever.

Level 61

Jan 31, 2016

I almost forgot Russia, somehow.

Level 34

Feb 2, 2016

Missed Moldova. I'm impressed that 70% did not.

Level 58

Feb 3, 2016

Weirdly, I always seem to either miss or take a long time to get one of the stans - but not always the same one.

Level 67

Feb 4, 2016

Please accept Carrotstan for Kazakhstan

+13

Level 30

Jul 29, 2016

And Poland for every answer.

Level 44

Feb 10, 2016

More people knew Ukraine than Russia???

surprising

Level 76

Dec 7, 2018

I think that Russia is such an obvious answer that people sort of subconsciously eliminate it. I mean, people frequently referred to the USSR as just "Russia" anyway, so it can feel like the question is "What countries used to be part of Russia," and you wouldn't necessarily think you'd have to put "Russia" down for that.

Level 35

Feb 25, 2016

More people got Ukraine and the Baltic states than Russia... Wow

Level 35

Apr 2, 2018

yeah... i very nearly forgot russia, but finished with 2.00 to spare

Level 67

Mar 16, 2016

Moldova always take me longer to remember, but I got it with 2 minutes to spare.

Level 83

Apr 26, 2016

Pretty amusing that Russia is around the middle of the field in terms of percentage who guessed it correctly.

Level 69

May 1, 2016

They think it's Moldova it is now

Level 50

Jun 16, 2016

Forgot all the Caucasus

Level 70

Jul 18, 2016

Finished in 30 seconds, thanks for the easy points!

Level 47

Jul 19, 2016

2:22 left!

Level 45

Aug 4, 2016

I wouldn't consider Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in this list. At least they aren't in the geography song my kids learned about the countries of the former USSR

+10

Level 59

Mar 22, 2017

Has it occurred to you that the song is wrong then? Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania most definitely three of the fifteen republics of the old USSR.

Level 83

Nov 1, 2018

Technically, yes. Many countries, in fact most, considered it an illegal takeover and several, including the US, maintained that the Baltic States were independent nations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_continuity_of_the_Baltic_states

Level 59

Dec 7, 2018

"Technically, yes"...? Well this quiz is about which countries were "technically" part of the Soviet Union!

Level 80

Dec 7, 2018

The USSR issued passports, Russified the Baltic countries, and were governed by the Communist Party and all three were Republics of the USSR, on par with other republics (except for Russia). They were considered essentially Soviet. Recognized or not, legal or not, they were part of the Soviet Union in practice.

Level 32

Aug 5, 2016

Ugh... I only forgot Moldova...

Level 68

Mar 27, 2017

WHy is russia not the most guessed one?

Level 37

Aug 16, 2017

Because many of us still think of Russia AS the Soviet Union. Have you really noticed a difference?

Level 73

Aug 22, 2017

Just completely biffed Russia.

Level 83

Nov 12, 2017

I've been to 9 of these countries. I might have been to 10 except the visa to Azerbaijan is expensive.

Level 75

Dec 7, 2018

Just wondering, how many countries have you been to?

Level 89

Dec 7, 2018

61, according to his map.

Level 83

Dec 10, 2022

68 now. Though I've slowed way down.

Level 71

Nov 12, 2017

Good quiz...... If you want a really tricky Eurasian Quiz ........here it is

Level 32

Apr 3, 2018

can't believe i forgot russia...

Level 72

Apr 3, 2018

Glad to be part of that 12% who forgot Russia !

Level 47

Apr 7, 2018

In Soviet Russia, quiz takes you!

Level 53

Dec 7, 2018

Please tell me I'm not the only one who missed Russia...

Level 75

Dec 7, 2018

If you'd read the previous comments you wouldn't worry about that.

Level 75

Dec 7, 2018

I didn't know that Sandi Toksvig had been in the Soviet Forces...

Level 59

Oct 30, 2020

Now you mention it, it does look a bit like her

Level 11

Dec 7, 2018

How did so many people miss Russia, they were practically the Soviet Union anyway. 88% is shocking, even Ukraine managed 95%.

Level 80

Dec 7, 2018

I think because people just think Russia = USSR, so its like the other countries broke off and they forget to put Russia as an answer. I almost missed it as well and then the light bulb went on.

Level 83

Dec 7, 2018

I think you answered your own question when you said Russia was practically the Soviet Union. A lot of people are probably thinking of countries *other than* Russia since they see Russia and the USSR as synonymous.

Level 54

Jan 23, 2019

Yes, I actually did FORGET RUSSIA.....SMH.

Level 55

Dec 7, 2018

How does only 88% get Russia?

Level 65

Dec 7, 2018

100%!!! YES!

Level 25

Dec 7, 2018

I forgot Russia... oops.

Level 25

Dec 7, 2018

I didn't think about Russia... stupid me...

Level 71

Dec 10, 2018

I missed the Vatican in the Catholic Countries quiz :o)

Level 24

Dec 21, 2018

RUSSIA!!!! I got it all but RUSSIA.... nope...

Level 44

Jun 1, 2020

в1уат ты

Level 27

Oct 5, 2019

russia is the ussr

Level 58

Aug 28, 2022

uh are you trying to prove a point or

Level 35

Oct 31, 2019

Why is East Germany not included? Might be a dumb question...

Level 40

Dec 1, 2019

because it wasn't in the USSR

Level 27

Feb 26, 2020

East Germany was an occupation zone, then a satellite state

Level 67

Aug 13, 2021

It is a dumb question indeed.

Level 68

Dec 31, 2019

Is that a picture of Valentina Tereshkova ?

Level ∞

Apr 21, 2020

Sure is.

Level 76

Dec 31, 2019

This is the fourth time I've taken this quiz, and the last three times I've needed exactly 51 seconds for each. That's consistency for you. :)

Level 37

Dec 31, 2019

I don't remember asking you

Level 44

Jun 1, 2020

lol

Level 32

Mar 20, 2020

Ah, the memories!

Level ∞

Apr 21, 2020

The bread lines. The complete lack of decent entertainment options. Not getting to choose what city you lived in. The bleak apartment blocks. Those were the days!

Level 59

Oct 30, 2020

You old romantic, you...! ;-)

Level 76

Nov 8, 2021

Right, because those things would definitely never exist in a capitalist society. :P

Level 56

Nov 21, 2021

"Bleak apartment blocks" are better than homelessness.

Level 44

Jun 1, 2020

if you get 15/15 you are a true communist

Level 55

Sep 9, 2020

I got 15/15 but I am certainly not a communist. I just have an interest in the countries of the world.

Level 54

Dec 3, 2020

Nonsense. Embrace your communist self, brother.

Level 33

Dec 31, 2020

yes comrade

Level 18

Jun 22, 2020

I put Moldova and I didn't get it correct

Level 43

Jan 15, 2022

You probably misspelt it then.

Level 32

Dec 3, 2020

DID I REALLY FORGOT RUSSIA ITSELF

Level 33

Dec 3, 2020

OMG I forgot russia

Level 54

Dec 3, 2020

22 seconds

Level 57

Dec 3, 2020

Figured moldova was a part of romania. TIL

Level 32

Dec 3, 2020

When people remember your favorite country more than Russia: Yes, but actually yes-

Level 40

Dec 3, 2020

It's funny and sad at the same time when more people guessed Kazahkstan than Russia.

Level 23

Dec 7, 2020

All hail the glorius soviet union!

Level 42

Dec 9, 2020

A moment of silence for the 11% of people that didn't get Russia

Level 48

Dec 10, 2020

Got them all in 1:03, have visited 8 of them so this was pretty easy

Level 52

Dec 29, 2020

Level 64

Jan 15, 2021

I finally spelled Kyrg *proceeds to scroll up* yzstan right...

Level 48

May 13, 2021

Where is Finland it was a country owned by the Ussr unless it was given independence before it broke up.

Level 59

Jun 26, 2021

Finland became independent in 1917

The USSR was established in 1922

Level 64

Aug 22, 2021

Finland was part of the Russian Empire but became independent after the Russian Revolution and the USSR never got Finland back, though they tried during the Winter War.

Level 49

Oct 10, 2021

Finland was never owned by the USSR. It gained independence from the Russian Empire before the USSR even existed.

Level 29

Jul 23, 2021

This is actually embarrassing, how did yall forget russia XD

Level 67

Aug 13, 2021

☭

Level 30

Aug 26, 2021

Nice quiz

Level 36

Sep 12, 2021

We couldve counted tannu tuva because they were apart of the ussr but in ww2 they were only reconized by mongolia and the ussr sooo maybe but maybe not.

Level 30

Oct 7, 2021

i got all comrade

Level 37

Nov 23, 2021

Took me 2 minutes to remember Russia, I almost failed the quiz😰😨🤯😭

Level 64

Feb 13, 2022

Союз нерушимый республик свободных

Сплотила навеки Великая Русь.

Да здравствует созданный волей народов

Единый, могучий Советский Союз!

Славься, Отечество наше свободное,

Дружбы народов надёжный оплот!

Партия Ленина - сила народная

Нас к торжеству коммунизма ведёт!

Level 45

Apr 12, 2022

Very disappointed. Got all but Ukraine.🇺🇦

Level 46

Jun 22, 2022

You can see the pattern here: 3 Baltic countries, 5 central Asian '-stan' countries, 3 Caucasus region countries, 4 eastern European countries so a total of 15 countries. Pretty easy to memorize.

Level 38

Jul 27, 2022

Russia....I forgot Russia.

Level 58

Aug 28, 2022

Got it with 2 minutes left, almost forgot Uzbekistan

Level 50

Nov 7, 2022

More people remember Ukraine than Russia lol

Level 63

Dec 9, 2022

I find it funny how lax the typeins for Tajikistan are. "Tajoctopusstan" "Tajuwuowoperiodahhperioduhhstan" and "Tajpneumoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosisstan" all work.

Level 58

Dec 10, 2022

Ngl, my first guess was USSR. Not even joking.

Level 43

Dec 10, 2022

Guess assumed ussr is russia, didn't think to guess it.

Level 34

Dec 10, 2022

Its suprising that more ppl guessed Ukraine than Russia 😯

Level 31

Jan 12, 2023

I got everything except Russia.. Why is Russia even necessary to write :skull: