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The Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus and the Transcaucasian Federation were the first four republics when the USSR was proclaimed in 1922. All the others were either carved out of them or established on annexed territories. Constitutionally every SSR had the right to secede, but in practice secession was not a real option before the Perestroika. At first the creation of new republics followed three rules: the republic had to have an international border or a seashore (hence [[wikipedia:Tatarstan|Tatarstan]] did not qualify, even though the USSR had more Tatars than Armenians), a population of at least one million with a clear indigenous ethnic majority (hence [[wikipedia:Sakha Republic|Yakutia]] did not qualify, despite being one of the largest subnational entities in the world) and a strong enough economy to survive as an independent nation. However, the creation of the Karelo-Finnish SSR broke rules two and three, the possible reason being that Stalin may have been planning to annex Finland after [[Finns With Fearsome Forests|the Winter War]]. Also, Kazakhstan did not lose its SSR status after Kazakhs became a minority in their own republic, the most likely reason being it's huge territorial size, and that [[Status Quo Is God]].
What did not happen to Kazakhstan, but had long-standing repercussions, were the numerous autonomous republics, regions and areas (''oblasts''). Defined by geographic size and population, Tatarstan, Chechnya and Abkhazia are the famous autonomous
Ukraine and Belarus had membership in the United Nations, but this was just a diplomatic concession to ensure "balance" in the General Assembly, as the US had many, many more allies than the USSR in 1945; Ukraine and Belarus both toed the Moscow line perfectly. Stalin had originally wanted to have all sixteen (at the time) Union Republics admitted to the UN, on the grounds that they were sovereign states, until [[Harry Truman]] pointed out that by that logic, all ''forty eight'' [[American Federalism|United States]] (and, by implication, all six [[Australian Politics|Australian states]], all ten [[Canadian Politics|Canadian provinces]], all twenty-five Brazilian states, etc., etc., etc....) would have to be members, as well.
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