Country Profiles

Russia and the Newly Independent States

Armenia

Republic of Armenia -- Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun  read full article »

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani Republic -- Azarbaycan Respublikasi  read full article »

Belarus

Republic of Belarus -- Respublika Byelarus'  read full article »

Georgia

Georgia -- Sak'art'velo  read full article »

Kazakstan

Kazakhstan, also spelled Kazakstan, is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Asia, and a former republic of the now extinct USSR. A portion of its territory west of the Ural River is located in eastern-most Europe. It has borders with Russia, the People's Republic of China, and countries of Central Asia, such as Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and has a coastline on the Caspian Sea.  read full article »

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, and sometimes known as Kirghizia, is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it borders China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Its capital is Bishkek. Once a republic of the Soviet Union, Kyrgyzstan has been independent since 1991.  read full article »

Russia

The Russian Federation, or Russia, is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, covering almost twice the territory of the next-largest nation, Canada. It ranks seventh in the world in population, following China, India, the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, and Pakistan.  read full article »

Tajikistan

The Republic of Tajikistan, formerly known as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, is a country in Central Asia. It has borders with Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.  read full article »

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan, once known as the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic is a country in Central Asia. It has borders with Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and has a coastline on the Caspian Sea.  read full article »

Ukraine

Ukraine is a republic in eastern Europe which borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest and the Black Sea to the south. It is the largest country wholly in Europe, with a population of about 48 million people.  read full article »

Uzbekistan

The Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia (it is surrounded only by landlocked countries and, along with Liechtenstein, is one of only two such countries in the world). It shares borders with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.  read full article »