Question

Each of the Caucasus nations has gained its ____, or independence, from the former Soviet Union.

Answer 1

the answer to this for e2020 is autonomy. Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

I am pretty sure that the question came with some options, but I will help you as much as I can. It seems that the question is looking for a synonym to the word "independence", so here are some synonyms. I hope one of them was in the options;

-sovereignty
-self-rule
-self-determination
-home-rule