| Kazakh, Uzbeck et al. | 21 |
| K.G.B. country | 14 |
| Its parts included an Arm. and a Lat. | 37 |
| It's Russia now | 19 |
| It's now C.I.S. | 19 |
| It dissolved in Dec. 1991 | 25 |
| It disappeared on Dec. 26, 1991 | 31 |
| It ceased to be in Dec. 1991 | 28 |
| It broke up in Dec. of '91 | 30 |
| It broke up in Dec. 1991 | 24 |
| It broke up in 1991 | 19 |
| Initials on old maps | 20 |
| Initialism in a Beatles title | 29 |
| Home to every undisputed world chess champions during the 1950's and 1960's | 83 |
| Home of chess champs, once | 26 |
| Helsinki signatory | 18 |
| Gymnast Korbut's homeland | 29 |
| Group of red states, for short? | 31 |
| Gromyko's land: Abbr. | 25 |
| Great power | 11 |
| Gp. dissolved 12/26/1991 | 24 |
| Gorby's crumbled empire: abbr. | 34 |
| Gorbachev's former domain | 29 |
| Gorbachev's fed. | 20 |
| Gorbachev's empire | 22 |
| Gorbachev's country: Abbr. | 30 |
| Gorbachev's country (abbr.) | 31 |
| Gorbachev led it last | 21 |
| Georgia's loc. | 18 |
| Georgia, etc.: Abbr. | 20 |
| Georgia was a part of it: Abbr. | 31 |
| Former world pwr. | 17 |
| Former world power, shortly | 27 |
| Former world power, for short | 29 |
| Former UN Security Council member | 33 |
| Former superpower | 17 |
| Former state whose motto was "Workers of the world, unite!" | 69 |
| Former Soviet Union, abbr. | 26 |
| Former Russian nation: Abbr. | 28 |
| Former red states? | 18 |
| Former red giant? | 17 |
| Former Red giant | 16 |
| Former Olympics powerhouse | 26 |
| Former largest nation, for short | 32 |
| Former inits. in Kiev | 21 |
| Former GDR ally | 15 |
| Former G.D.R. ally | 18 |
| Former Eurasian superpower | 26 |
| Former empire inits. | 20 |
| Former communist state | 22 |
| Former cold-war antagonist | 26 |
| Former "evil empire" | 30 |
| Focus of a big breakup in '91 | 33 |
| Five-Year Plan nation | 21 |
| Five-Year Plan implementer, for short | 37 |
| Fallen Russian govt. | 20 |
| Ex-UN member | 12 |
| Ex-superpower letters | 21 |
| Ex-superpower | 13 |
| Evil Empire acronym | 19 |
| Euro has-been | 13 |
| Eurasian nation: Abbr. | 22 |
| Eur. state | 10 |
| Eur. power | 10 |
| Erstwhile power | 15 |
| Erstwhile empire, in brief | 26 |
| Empire until 1991: Abbr. | 24 |
| Empire until '91 | 20 |
| Crimea's locale | 19 |
| Country with a hammer-and-sickle flag, for short | 48 |
| Country that disappeared in '91 | 35 |
| Country in a Beatles title | 26 |
| Country in a Beatle song | 24 |
| Country in a 1969 Beatles song | 30 |
| Country founded in 1922: Abbr. | 30 |
| Country founded in 1922 (abbr.) | 31 |
| Country founded in 1922 | 23 |
| Country featured in a Beatles song | 34 |
| Country estab. in 1922 | 22 |
| Country dissolved Dec. 8, 1991 | 30 |
| Cosigner of the ABM Treaty | 26 |
| Communist powerhouse, once | 26 |
| Cold-war inits. | 15 |
| Cold War-era map abbr. | 22 |
| Cold War rival: Abbr. | 21 |
| Cold War rival of the USA | 25 |
| Cold War rival (Abbr.) | 22 |
| Cold War power, briefly | 23 |
| Cold War opponent: Abbr. | 24 |
| Cold war foe, for short | 23 |
| Cold War faction (Abbr.) | 24 |
| Cold War empire, briefly | 24 |
| CIS forerunner | 14 |
| CCCP was on its stamps | 22 |
| CCCP on 20th-century maps | 25 |
| C.I.S., once | 12 |
| C.I.S. predecessor | 18 |
| Buryat Republic's locale | 28 |
| Boycotter of the L.A. Games | 27 |
| Boycotter in 1984 headlines | 27 |