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ID: 6006211
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Record Type: administrative |
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Soviet Union (former nation/state/empire) |
Note: Former northern Eurasian empire that came into being after 1917 Revolution; largest country in the world when it existed, stretching from Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean; very diverse with over 100 distinct nationalities; most of population East Slavs; had authoritarian and highly centralized government dominated by Communist Party; political and economic changes began late 1980s and the USSR ceased to exist in 1991; in its final years it consisted of 15 republics, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belorussia (now Belarus), Estonia, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kirgiziya (now Kyrgyzstan), Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia (now Moldova), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. |
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| Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (preferred,C,V,Russian (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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............ | 1917-1991 |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (H,O,English,U,N)
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| Soviet Union (H,O,display,English-P,U,N)
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............ | 1917-1991 |
| U. S. S. R. (H,V)
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............ | 1917-1991 |
| USSR (H,O)
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| Sovetsky Soyuz (H,V,Russian (transliterated),U,N)
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............ | 1917-1991 |
| SSSR (H,V)
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............ | until 1991 |
| Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Sovieticas (H,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Union des Républiques socialistes soviétiques (H,O,French,U,N)
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| Soviet (C,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| former nation/state/empire (preferred, C) |
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| nation (H) |
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| federation (H) |
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| empire (H) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Sovieticas.......... |
[VP] |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-183 |
| Union des Républiques socialistes soviétiques.......... |
[VP] |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-183 |
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