1). Where are most of the region's (Russia and the Republics) smaller republics located?
A: ?
2). What was the largest republic in the Soviet Union? What is the largest republic in the region today?
A: ?
3). To which of the Soviet Union Socialist Republics did Kalingingrad belong?
A: Kalingingrad belongs to the R.S.F.S.R. ?
1. They're located in the southeast between the Caspian and Black Seas.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/caucasus_cntrl_asia_pol_95.jpg
2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republics_of_the_Soviet_Union
3. Right.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic