Dissolution of the Soviet Union By Cartophilic Jan 19, 1990 Nakhichevan Declares Independence Mar 11, 1990 Lithuania Declares Independence May 4, 1990 Latvia Declares Independence May 8, 1990 Estonia Declares Independence Apr 9, 1991 Georgia Declares Independence Aug 24, 1991 Ukraine Declares Independence Aug 25, 1991 Byelorussia Declares Independence Aug 25, 1991 Pridnestrovia Declares Independence Aug 25, 1991 Moldavia Declares Independence Aug 31, 1991 Kirghizia Declares Independence Sep 1, 1991 Uzbekistan Declares Independence Sep 9, 1991 Tajikistan Declares Independence Sep 21, 1991 Armenia Declares Independence Oct 18, 1991 Azerbaijan Declares Independence Oct 27, 1991 Turkmenistan Declares Independence Nov 1, 1991 Chechnya-Ingushetia Declares Independence Dec 12, 1991 Russia Declares Independence Dec 16, 1991 Kazakhstan Declares Independence Jan 6, 1992 Nagorno-Karabakh Declares Independence Jan 9, 1992 Karakalpakstan Declares Independence Mar 21, 1992 Tatarstan Declares Independence May 5, 1992 Crimea Declares Independence May 29, 1992 South Ossetia Declares Independence Jul 23, 1992 Abkhazia Declares Independence
