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  2. Post-Soviet states - Wikipedia

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    The post-Soviet states, also referred to as the former Soviet Union (FSU) [1] or the former Soviet republics, are the independent sovereign states that emerged/re-emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Prior to their independence, they existed as Union Republics, which were the top-level constituents of the Soviet Union.

  3. Geography of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    The Soviet Union incorporated an area of over 22,402,200 square kilometres (8,649,500 sq mi), covering approximately one-sixth of Earth's land surface. It spanned most of Eurasia. Its largest and most populous republic was the Russian SFSR which covered roughly three-quarters of the surface area of the union, including the complete territory of ...

  4. Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics[u](USSR),[v]commonly known as the Soviet Union,[w]was a transcontinental countrythat spanned much of Eurasiafrom 1922 to 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area, extending across eleven time zonesand sharing borders with twelve countries, and the third-most populous country.

  5. Kaliningrad - Wikipedia

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    4 July; observed on the first Saturday of July. Website. www.klgd.ru. Kaliningrad, [ a ] known as Königsberg [ b ] until 1946, is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland. The city sits about 663 kilometres (412 mi) west of the bulk of Russia.

  6. Commonwealth of Independent States - Wikipedia

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    e-cis.info. a Soviet ruble (руб) used from 1991 to 1994. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) [a] is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and is its legal successor. It covers an area of 20,368,759 km 2 (7,864,422 sq mi) and has an estimated ...

  7. Republics of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the Union Republics (Russian: Сою́зные Респу́блики, romanized: Soyúznye Respúbliki) were national-based administrative units of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). [1] The Soviet Union was formed in 1922 by a treaty between the Soviet republics of ...

  8. Oblasts of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    Baltic region. In the 1950s there were 10 oblasts in the three Baltic republics. 1953-04-28 Law on abolition of Pärnu, Tallinn and Tartu oblasts (Estonia) [1] 1953-04-25 Law on abolition of Riga, Daugavpils and Liepāja oblasts (Latvia) [2] 1953-05-28 Law on abolition of Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and Šiauliai oblasts (Lithuania) [3]

  9. Königsberg - Wikipedia

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    Königsberg (German: [ˈkøːnɪçsbɛʁk] ⓘ, lit. 'King's mountain', Polish: Królewiec, Lithuanian: Karaliaučius, Baltic Prussian: Kunnegsgarbs, Russian: Кёнигсберг, romanized: Kyonigsberg) is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. The city was founded in 1255 on the site of ...