The political dissolution of the Soviet Union and why it broke up afterwards

Before the coup

 * Armenia – August 23, 1990
 * Abkhazia – August 25, 1990
 * Transnistria – September 2, 1990
 * Georgia – April 9, 1991

After the coup

 * Gagauzia - August 19, 1991
 * Ukraine – August 24, 1991
 * Belarus – August 25, 1991
 * Moldova – August 27, 1991
 * Kyrgyzstan – August 31, 1991
 * Uzbekistan – September 1, 1991
 * Nagorno-Karabakh – September 2, 1991
 * Tajikistan – September 9, 1991
 * Azerbaijan – October 18, 1991
 * Turkmenistan – October 27, 1991
 * Chechen Republic of Ichkeria - November 1, 1991
 * South Ossetia – November 28, 1991
 * Russia – December 12, 1991
 * Kazakhstan – December 16, 1991