The Soviet Union was a communist country after the fall of their Monarchy in the early 1900s. As the world’s largest country many cultures, with varying history are present. After the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, new separate countries were created.

For this assignment you are going to choose one of the following countries:

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Estonia
• Georgia
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Moldova
• Russia
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan

You are then going to briefly (150-200 words) tell about the culture, history, and language. How does this differ from the Soviet Union or Russia?

Then answer the question: How has the separation from the Soviet Union Nation State affected your chosen country?