How many Soviet republics were there?

The USSR was a magical country :) I remember that time, even if only a little. I was young, but I was HAPPY to live in the BIGGEST and MOST BEAUTIFUL country. Of course, it was brainwashing from kindergarten, but now you can't make me love Russia like that anymore :)

Oh yes - I was also an Octobrist ;) Literally the next year, all of that was canceled, and I never became a Pioneer :(