How Kazakhstan Became The Entire Soviet Union For 4 Days

(via Amusing Planet) 1991 was a notable year in the geopolitical history of the world. Among other events, the Soviet Union broke up.  By December 1991, only two states remained in the Soviet Union—Russia and Kazakhstan.On December 8, representatives from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine met in Brest, Belarus, and declared that the Soviet Union no longer existed. Four days later, on December 12, Russia abandoned the Union leaving only Kazakhstan as the sole member of the Soviet Union. This situation persisted for four days, before Kazakhstan officially seceded from the Union, becoming the last Soviet republic to declare independence.