Can you name the youngest independent countries of Asia? by Milan

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Youngest Countries of Asia Quiz

by Milan

Created Mar 15, 2010 in History
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	Teary_Ennui:	Mar 15th, 2010 at 16:37 GMT		9 points
	Russia?

	Milan:	Mar 16th, 2010 at 08:33 GMT		2 points
	Russia is the successor and the predecessor of the Soviet Union, which existed only 70 years. I didn't want to put it on the list.

	Probus:	Mar 16th, 2010 at 12:26 GMT		5 points
	Milan - I'm not sure your reason for excluding Russia is valid given that the current country of that name is a very different entity to the USSR and to pre-Revolutionary Russia in terms of its borders if nothing else. Also, Armenia was an independent state way back so, by your logic, it, too, shouldn't be included. Finally, one obvious omission - Yemen. The current Republic of Yemen only came into being in 1990 following the union of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and the Yemen Arab Republic.

	myosotis:	Mar 16th, 2010 at 22:56 GMT		4 points
	It would be interesting if you could include who they became independent from after we guess the answer.

	abanazerb:	Mar 19th, 2010 at 14:45 GMT		1 point
	Good quiz, thanks. Although I'm not sure many Georgians would agree that they're in Asia. When the USSR existed, the boundary between Europe and Asia was generally taken as the border between the USSR and Turkey/Iran. Georgia is a member of the Council of Europe and a prospective member of the EU. It might be better as a bonus. Ditto Armenia and Azerbaijan, possibly.

	Jam1:	Mar 19th, 2010 at 16:14 GMT		8 points
	Maybe Vietnam as a bonus (North Vietnam and South Vietnam merged in 1976)

	Pit_trout:	Mar 22nd, 2010 at 00:04 GMT		3 points
	Seconding those suggesting that Vietnam and Yemen should be at least bonus answers. But @Probus: as Milan says, it's generally accepted that the Russian Federation is the main successor state to the USSR, unlike others which are republics that became independent from it...

	newenglander:	Mar 22nd, 2010 at 02:06 GMT		-1 points
	milan is correct about russia. the quiz title asks for countries that became inedependent. although russia was formed out of the USSR, you wouldnt say russia became independent from the USSR.

	Zephos:	Apr 4th, 2010 at 07:17 GMT		2 points
	Azerbaijan is very very asian, they have a great deal in common with Iran culturally and historically. Armenia is iffy, and I agree that Georgia is fairly European in nature. But they are mostly accepted to be Asian by most definitions.

	Chipmunkdavis:	May 7th, 2010 at 14:48 GMT		1 point
	Russia did become independent from the USSR, a fact. 15 republics were created from the dissolved former state, including Russia. Shocking omission, Kuwait! Where is it? Asia geographically I assume, hence the caucus states.

	johnlk:	Aug 20th, 2010 at 05:20 GMT		0 points
	What about Oman?

	johnlk:	Aug 20th, 2010 at 05:21 GMT		1 point
	Kuwait gained independence in 1961.