How many Soviet republics were there?

I fully agree with Gura, and I find your arguments, Slonysh, to be extremely unfounded. Are we discussing socialism? There was a special form of socialism there, called communism. Or did you not live there? Countries with a socialist orientation are one thing. Countries with communism are another. And you clearly don't know anything about China. I won't fill in your knowledge gaps. I repeat, there are people who like to be slaves to a totalitarian order, who are willing to wear rose-colored glasses, watch what they are shown, and act as they are told. Go back to the Matrix, Slonysh, because America, unlike the USSR, has not outlived itself and will not outlive itself, no matter how much it is slandered.