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In the political language of Russia and some other post-Soviet states, the term near abroad (Russian: ближнее зарубежье, romanized: blizhnee zarubezhe) refers to the independent republics that emerged after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Increasing usage of the term in English is connected to assertions of Russia's right ...
A map of Europe as it appeared in 1815 after the Congress of Vienna. This article gives a detailed listing of all the countries, including puppet states, that have existed in Europe since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the present day. Each country has information separated into columns: name of the distinct country, its lifespan, the ...
Former countries in Europe after 1815; List of historic states of Germany – Former German constituent states; List of historic states of Italy – Historical states located in modern-day Italy; List of tribes and states in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine; Political history of the world
This is a list of such cities, sorted by country and then by date. Where a city name has changed, the name of the city when it was a capital is listed first, followed by its modern name in brackets. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Pages in category "Former countries in Europe" The following 197 pages are in this category, out of 197 total. ... List of tribes and states in Belarus, Russia and ...
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...
This category is for former states within the territory of the Russian Empire that existed during some period of time until the next major milestone in the history of the area: Dissolution of the Soviet Union. NB: Imperial Russia also included Poland, Finland and at some time Alaska (later sold to the United States).
Former capitals of countries that still exist (see Category:Former national capitals), unless they were also capitals of former countries. Former national capitals that are now the capital of another country. For example, Kyiv would not be included on this list by virtue of its serving as an early capital of Kievan Rus' (predecessor to Belarus ...