Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991, Baháʼí communities and their administrative bodies started to develop across the nations of the former Soviet Union;[13] In 1994 Turkmenistan elected its own National Spiritual Assembly[14] however laws passed in 1995 in Turkmenistan required 500 adult religious adherents in each locality for registration and no Baháʼí community in Turkmenistan could meet this requirement.[15] As of 2007 the religion had still failed to reach the minimum number of adherents to register[16] and individuals have seen their homes raided for Baháʼí literature.[17]