In fact, it was not Russia that divided itself into 15 parts after the victory of the October Revolution, but that a number of russian separatist republics were formed into the Soviet Union, and the number of republics was increased by various means to 15. In fact, strictly speaking, the first republics of the Soviet Union were only four.
The aftermath of the Russian Civil War
In fact, the October Revolution of the Bolsheviks was not a national victory for the capture of the Winter Palace by cruisers, from 1917 to 1922 they took the country after countless bloody battles. At that time, the royalist forces of Tsarist Russia were still strong, not to mention the drama of 14 countries interfering together in 1918.
So for a long time after the October Revolution there was chaos, and the Bolsheviks were not all in one place, and Mr. Vladimir's country at that time was precisely called Soviet Russia (Soviet Russia), and in this civil war Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia were their independent military allies, not entirely one.
In fact, these large and small countries were also separated after the collapse of Tsarist Russia, but everyone had an army, and who dares to say that it was not independent? It just so happened that they also believed in the Bolsheviks. However, when the battle was almost over, many people found problems, this alliance was a bit scattered, and how to maintain it in the future was a problem.
It is also the product of mutual compromise
At that time, a Georgian produced a document entitled "On the Mutual Relations of the Independent Republics", and then the Georgian authorities went completely mad, because the document greatly weakened the independence of the republics. But in the end Georgia failed, because the man who produced the document was called Stalin ...
On March 12, 1922, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia formed the South Caucasus Federation, and independence was not discussed. By December, the first All-Russian Congress was held, and Soviet Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and the South Caucasus Federation came together to form the original Soviet Union.
In 1925, when Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia also joined the alliance, Mr. Beard began to think about things, and on the grounds of the increase in the population of the Tajik nation in Uzbekistan, he would separately separate Tajikistan as a republic.
As a result, this trick quickly retribution to themselves, where the South Caucasus Alliance does not do it, why can they split us and we have to merge? All the way to 1936, the Soviet Union finally came up with the conditions for independence. Basically, territory must be bordered, ethnic groups must exceed half of the local population, and population must exceed 1 million.
Looking back and counting a little, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan outside are qualified enough to join the alliance! The pit is that Georgia, Ameristia, and Azerbaijan of the South Caucasus Union are also in line with it, and can only be allowed to join independently while the new constitution is implemented, so that the republics become 11.
Or the fruit of external expansion
The latter thing is relatively simple, the bear is bound to expand after the solution of food and clothing, and although the Winter War fought with Finland has crushed the face, the territory of Karelia is really obtained, the twelfth republic is done, and Leningrad finally has enough rear support.
In June 1940, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia were forcibly incorporated into the Union, bringing the number of republics to 15, and soon they snatched Moldavia from Romania and the 16th republic was taken. Although these four territories were quickly swept away by the Nazis, they returned to the Soviet Union after World War II.
Writing about this, it is estimated that many buddies are going to spew spit machine nonsense, and the Republics of the Soviet Union are obviously 15! For the hair you guys just one more? Don't be busy! Remember the twelfth? Right! Karelia! In 1956, the Russian population there was more than half of the total population, so the treatment of independent republics was abolished, and the Republics of the Soviet Union were fixed at 15, and there was no increase.
To sum up, the 15 republics of the Soviet Union were more than 30 years ago, and two generations of super-big men were painstakingly and lonely, and they really did not cut themselves into 15 pieces like a cake. With the soil-loving nature of that nation, such a lack of heart and eyes can certainly not be done.