In 1991, the superpower Soviet Union fell down due to various internal problems and split into 15 countries. 30 years have passed, and Russia, the eldest son of the family who inherited 70% of the Soviet Union's heritage, and what is the relationship now with the 14 "brother countries" during the Soviet era?
1, The Three Baltic Kingdoms
The Three Baltic Kingdoms: Estonia , Latvia and Lithuanian , located along the Baltic Sea coast, mastering the estuary leading to the Atlantic Ocean, with a superior geographical location. Sweden , Polish , Germany and Tsarist Russia have repeatedly fought over the Baltic coast in order to control the Baltic Sea.
Tsarist Russia has a vast territory and a long coastline, but it is located in the northern region, with a cold climate and lacking natural unfreezing ports, which makes Tsarist Russia salivate against the three Baltic countries. Since 1721, Tsarist Russia has successively annexed the three Baltic countries, turning them into Tsarist Russia's land. During the war in , Lithuania was stolen by Germany, and Estonia and Latvia were still under the control of Tsarist Russia. In 1917, the February Revolution and the October Revolution and the tsarist rule were overthrown. In 1918, the allies led by Germany lost to the Allies . Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania took advantage of Russia's turmoil and Germany's defeat to become independent.
After the October Revolution, Russia established an Soviet regime . With the support of the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania successively established Soviet regimes, but because they had the lessons of their annexation by Russia, the three countries were wary of Russia.
1922, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and the Caucasus Federation formed the Soviet Union. During the Stalin period, the Soviet Union quickly completed industrialization and became a world power. At this time, Stalin had the idea of annexing the three Baltic kingdoms again. In 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed the Soviet-Germany Non-aggression Treaty. The three Baltic countries were divided into the interests of the Soviet Union by the Soviet Union. On September 1 of the same year, after Germany blitzed Poland to trigger the world war, the Soviet Union first divided Poland, and then the Soviet Union sent troops to occupy the three Baltic countries. Under the deterrence of the Soviet Union, the three Baltic countries were forced to join the Soviet Union and became three franchise countries of the Soviet Union.
On June 22, 1941, after the outbreak of Soviet-German War, the people of the Baltic Three Kingdoms who were unwilling to be the Soviets began to help Germany deal with the Soviet Union. In 1945, after Germany was defeated, Stalin exiled hundreds of thousands of people in the Baltic Sea to Siberia in order to deal with the dissidents of the three Baltic countries, causing many people to die in the Siberian region. At the same time, after the Soviet Union occupied the Three Baltic Kingdoms, it also pulled away the factories, equipment and machines, food, livestock, etc. of the Three Kingdoms, making the people of the Three Kingdoms from wealth to poverty.
Because of the two annexation by Russia and the various grievances during the Soviet period, the three Baltic countries are now both hostile to Russia and fearful of Russia.
2, Central Asia 5 countries
Central Asia 5 countries are Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan and Turkmenistan .
Central Asia is located on the abdomen of a crocodile and borders Tsarist Russia. After Tsarist Russia broke away from the control of , the Mongol Empire, , began its expansion journey again.
In the early 16th century, Tsarist Russia had the idea of Central Asia. At that time, there were 7 countries in Central Asia, Kazakh Khanate , which were divided into three parts: Da Yuzi, Zhongyuzi and Xiaoyuzi , Kokhan Khanate , Shiva Khanate, Bukhara Khanate and Turkmen located south of Karakum Desert. Tsarist Russia took more than 300 years to incorporate Central Asia into its territory by eroding the method of encroachment.
During the Soviet Union, the Central Asian region was divided into 5 countries, namely the current five Central Asian countries, and they became franchise countries of the Soviet Union. In 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed , the five Central Asian countries were unwilling to leave Russia. To this end, Russia also gave a lot of its land to Kazakhstan and persuaded them to become independent.After independence, Turkmenistan declared it a permanent neutral country, and the other four Stanish countries joined the CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization , led by Russia. The five Central Asian countries have good relations with Russia.
3, Armenia , Azerbaijan
Armenia and Azerbaijan joined the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union divided the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Armenia to Azerbaijan. This made Armenians very angry, but in the face of the powerful Soviet Union, it dared not speak out and could only accept the status quo. In 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Armenians wanted to return to the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Nagorno-Karabakh region is mainly Armenians, and also wants to leave Azerbaijan and return to Armenia, but Azerbaijan is unwilling to give up the Nagorno-Karabakh region. To this end, many conflicts broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Armenia is a member of the Ji'an Organization.
Russia is biased towards Armenia in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, so the relationship between Armenia and Russia is very good.
After the outbreak of war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Turkey supports Azerbaijan, Russia supports Armenia, and the enemy's allies are the enemies. Azerbaijan and Russia have always had a bad relationship, but Azerbaijan is weak and dare not completely quarrel with Russia.
4, Georgia
Georgia is located in Caucasus region .
During the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union assigned the North Oscar to Russia with the Caucasus Mountains as the boundary, and the South Oscar to Georgia. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, South Osaiti wanted to be independent and merged with North Osaiti in Russia, but Georgia disagreed. For this reason, the conflict between the two sides escalated and a war broke out. Russia supports South Ossetia , which makes him have a very poor relationship with Georgia.
In 2008, Georgia suddenly launched a large-scale attack on South Ossetia, trying to destroy South Ossetia's independent forces. Russia decisively sent troops to defeat Georgia. Now, South Ossetia is in an independent state with Russia's support, and Georgia also hates Russia very much.
5, Moldova
After Moldova became independent, in order to develop its economy, it has always wanted to integrate into Europe, but so far, it has not joined EU and NATO . At the same time, Moldova is weak and dare not offend Russia. Its relationship with Russia is not too close or bad.
6, Ukraine, Belarus
Ukraine, Belarus and Russia are all Eastern Slavs , with the same root and origin. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine wanted to move closer to the West for economic development, especially in order to integrate into the European countries, and had a tendency to turn towards European countries in politics and military terms. Russia has invaded other countries countless times in history, causing European countries to suffer greatly. At the same time, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia inherited 70% of the Soviet Union's legacy, and also allowed NATO countries led by the United States to regard Russia as their opponent.
NATO continues to expand eastward, compressing Russia's strategic space. Ukraine, the former brother country, wants to turn to the opponent's camp, which will make Russia's situation even more difficult. Russia, which was dissatisfied with Ukraine, snatched back the Crimean region that was given to Ukraine during the Soviet era in 2014. Crimea incident has intensified the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, making Ukraine and Russia gradually drift away. At the same time, Ukraine is also very divided. People in the western region want to join Europe, but the eastern region is mainly Russian tribe , which is more pro-Russian, which leads to a civil war in Ukraine. In 2022, another war broke out between Russia and Ukraine.
Belarus and Russia have always had a good relationship. After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukraine War, Russia was subjected to many sanctions from the West. During Russia's most difficult time, Belarus stood firmly on Russia's side and supported Russia under the pressure of sanctions from Western countries.
