<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Soviet Socialist Republic </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <P> 1 . Armenia 2 . Azerbaijan 3 . Byelorussia 4 . Estonia 5 . Georgia 6 . Kazakhstan 7 . Kirghizia 8 . Latvia 9 . Lithuania 10 . Moldavia 11 . Russian SFSR 12 . Tajikistan 13 . Turkmenia 14 . Ukraine 15 . Uzbekistan </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Category </Th> <Td> Federated state </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Soviet Union </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Created by </Th> <Td> Treaty on the Creation of the USSR </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Created </Th> <Td> 30 December 1922 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Abolished by </Th> <Td> State Council recognition of the Baltic states independence Declaration no . 142 - Н </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Abolished </Th> <Td> 6 September 1991 26 December 1991 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Number </Th> <Td> 15 (as of 1989) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Possible status </Th> <Td> The Baltic republics were de jure not recognized by several countries . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Populations </Th> <Td> 1,565,662 (Estonia)--147,386,000 (Russian SFSR) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Areas </Th> <Td> 29,800 km (11,500 sq mi) (Armenia)--17,075,400 km (6,592,800 sq mi) (Russian SFSR) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Government </Th> <Td> Unitary Marxist - Leninist one - party socialist republics </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Subdivisions </Th> <Td> Autonomous SSRs, oblasts, Autonomous oblasts, </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Soviet Socialist Republic </Th> </Tr>

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