From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[edit] Constitutional order
The order they were mentioned in the Constitution of the USSR (chapter 8, article 71); also the order in which the motto appeared in the USSR Coat of Arms. This roughly corresponds to the population size of the republic when it was created.
Russian SFSR
Ukrainian SSR
Byelorussian SSR
Uzbek SSR
Kazakh SSR
Georgian SSR
Azerbaijan SSR
Lithuanian SSR
Moldavian SSR
Latvian SSR
Kyrgyz SSR
Tajik SSR
Armenian SSR
Turkmen SSR
Estonian SSR
[edit] Ranked by area
| Pos |
(in world) |
Republic |
Area (km²) |
% |
| 1 |
1 |
Russian SFSR |
17,075,200 |
76.62% |
| 2 |
9 |
Kazakh SSR |
2,727,300 |
12.24% |
| 3 |
44 |
Ukrainian SSR |
603,700 |
2.71% |
| 4 |
52 |
Turkmen SSR |
488,100 |
2.19% |
| 5 |
56 |
Uzbek SSR |
447,400 |
2.01% |
| 6 |
84 |
Byelorussian SSR |
207,600 |
0.93% |
| 7 |
85 |
Kyrgyz SSR |
198,500 |
0.89% |
| - |
- |
Karelo-Finnish SSR |
172,400 |
0.77% |
| 8 |
93 |
Tajik SSR |
143,100 |
0.64% |
| 9 |
112 |
Azerbaijan SSR |
86,600 |
0.39% |
| 10 |
119 |
Georgian SSR |
69,700 |
0.31% |
| 11 |
121 |
Lithuanian SSR |
65,200 |
0.29% |
| 12 |
122 |
Latvian SSR |
64,589 |
0.29% |
| 13 |
130 |
Estonian SSR |
45,226 |
0.20% |
| 14 |
135 |
Moldavian SSR |
33,843 |
0.15% |
| 15 |
138 |
Armenian SSR |
29,800 |
0.13% |
[edit] Ranked by population
According to the 1989 Soviet census:
| Pos |
Republic |
Population |
% |
| 1 |
Russian SFSR |
147,386,000 |
51.40% |
| 2 |
Ukrainian SSR |
51,706,746 |
18.03% |
| 3 |
Uzbek SSR |
19,906,000 |
6.94% |
| 4 |
Kazakh SSR |
16,711,900 |
5.83% |
| 5 |
Byelorussian SSR |
10,151,806 |
3.54% |
| 6 |
Azerbaijan SSR |
7,037,900 |
2.45% |
| 7 |
Georgian SSR |
5,400,841 |
1.88% |
| 8 |
Tajik SSR |
5,112,000 |
1.78% |
| 9 |
Moldavian SSR |
4,337,600 |
1.51% |
| 10 |
Kyrgyz SSR |
4,257,800 |
1.48% |
| 11 |
Lithuanian SSR |
3,689,779 |
1.29% |
| 12 |
Turkmen SSR |
3,522,700 |
1.23% |
| 13 |
Armenian SSR |
3,287,700 |
1.15% |
| 14 |
Latvian SSR |
2,666,567 |
0.93% |
| 15 |
Estonian SSR |
1,565,662 |
0.55% |
[edit] Ranked by density
