| Former Russ. state |
Premier Sunday |
08 Feb 2026 |
| One of two former UN members |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2026 |
| Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Cold War map notation: Abbr. |
Commuter |
01 Jan 2026 |
| Former Russian state (abbr.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
31 Oct 2025 |
| Cold War state: Abbr. |
LA Times Mini |
02 Oct 2025 |
| Latvia, once: Abbr. |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Sep 2025 |
| Either of two former UN members |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2025 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Sep 2025 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Sep 2025 |
| Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Ukr., once |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jun 2025 |
| Ukr. or Lat., once |
Premier Sunday |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Old political designation: Abbr. |
Commuter |
14 Jun 2025 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jun 2025 |
| Ga., once |
|
|
| Ukr., once |
Wall Street Journal |
17 May 2025 |
| Tajikistan, for short, once |
|
|
| Onetime union member: Abbr. |
New York Times |
03 May 2025 |
| Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Many a -stan ctry., once |
|
|
| Lith. or Ukr., once |
Premier Sunday |
23 Mar 2025 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Mar 2025 |
| Latvia, e.g., once: Abbr. |
New York Times |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Letters from old Russia |
|
|
| Kazakhstan, once |
|
|
| Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Feb 2025 |
| Armenia, e.g., until 1991: Abbr. |
New York Times |
29 Jan 2025 |
| Old atlas inits. |
New York Times |
25 Jan 2025 |
| Latvia or Estonia, pre-1991: Abbr. |
New York Times |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Ukraine, once: Abbr. |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Dec 2024 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Dec 2024 |
| One of 15 boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics: Abbr. |
New York Times |
01 Dec 2024 |
| Prior name of Slovakia |
|
|
| One-time world power (abbr.) |
|
|
| Outdated atlas abbr. |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Oct 2024 |
| Tajikistan, previously, for short |
|
|
| 13-Down, before '90 |
Newsday |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Belarus, e.g., pre-1991: Abbr. |
|
|
| CCCP state |
|
|
| Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Jun 2024 |
| Latvia, once: Abbr. |
Newsday |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Georgia, formerly, e.g. |
|
|
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 May 2024 |
| Part of the erstwhile Soviet Union, abbr. |
|
|
| Bygone Russ. state |
Premier Sunday |
17 Mar 2024 |
| Sino-Soviet block (abbr.) |
|
|
| Former Russian abbreviation poetic character? |
|
|
| Latv. or Lith., before 1990 |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Soviet abbr. |
|
|
| Latv. or Est., once |
|
|
| Latvia, once: Abbr. |
LA Times Daily |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Former union member: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
10 Sep 2023 |
| Georgia, once: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
09 Sep 2023 |
| Abbreviation on old Russian maps |
LA Times Daily |
23 Aug 2023 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jul 2023 |
| Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jun 2023 |
| Pre-1991 atlas initials |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jun 2023 |
| Latv. or Lith., once |
Wall Street Journal |
04 May 2023 |
| Georgia, for most of the 20th century, in brief |
New York Times |
03 May 2023 |
| 20th century map inits |
LA Times Daily |
18 Apr 2023 |
| Latvia, once: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2023 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Apr 2023 |
| Georgia, once: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Feb 2023 |
| Russ. or Ukr., formerly |
Premier Sunday |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jan 2023 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Oct 2022 |
| Former Russ. state |
Premier Sunday |
02 Oct 2022 |
| Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Sep 2022 |
| Ukr., once |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Sep 2022 |
| Lithuania, once: Abbr |
Premier Sunday |
28 Aug 2022 |
| Latvia, once: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Aug 2022 |
| Lith. was one until 1991 |
Premier Sunday |
07 Aug 2022 |
| 20th-century map inits |
New York Times |
23 Jul 2022 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jul 2022 |
| Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jul 2022 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jul 2022 |
| Azerbaijan or Lithuania, once: Abbr |
New York Times |
22 Jun 2022 |
| Azerbaijan or Lithuania, once: Abbr. |
New York Times |
22 Jun 2022 |
| Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jun 2022 |
| Abbreviation on old maps |
LA Times Daily |
27 May 2022 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Apr 2022 |
| Latvia once: Abbr |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Apr 2022 |
| Estonia, once: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Mar 2022 |
| Old atlas inits |
New York Times |
08 Mar 2022 |
| Belarus, once: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
13 Feb 2022 |
| Belarus, once: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
13 Feb 2022 |
| Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jan 2022 |
| Ukr., once |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jan 2022 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jan 2022 |
| Bygone geopolitical abbr |
LA Times Daily |
19 Dec 2021 |
| Ukr., once |
LA Times Daily |
12 Dec 2021 |
| Ukr., once |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Dec 2021 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Dec 2021 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Nov 2021 |
| Georgia, once: Abbr |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Sep 2021 |
| Lith., once |
The Washington Post |
20 Aug 2021 |
| Lith., once |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2021 |
| Ukr. or Lith., formerly |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2021 |
| Initials in old atlases |
Newsday |
05 Aug 2021 |
| Latvia or Lithuania, once: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Aug 2021 |
| Georgia, once: Abbr |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Jul 2021 |
| Pre-1991 Georgia, e.g.: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Tajikistan, e.g., once: Abbr |
New York Times |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Pre-1991 Georgia, e.g.: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Uzbekistan, once: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
13 Jun 2021 |
| Uzbekistan, once: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jun 2021 |
| Abbr. on a pre-1991 map |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jun 2021 |
| Abbr. on a pre-1991 map |
The Washington Post |
10 Jun 2021 |
| Cold War state: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
11 May 2021 |
| Cold War state: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
11 May 2021 |
| Pre-1991 map letters |
The Washington Post |
16 Apr 2021 |
| Pre-1991 map letters |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2021 |
| Lithuania, before 1990: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Mar 2021 |
| Erstwhile Russian state: Abbr |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2021 |
| Map abbr. until 1991 |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2021 |
| Union member of the 20th century, for short |
New York Times |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Ukr. or Est., before 1991 |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jan 2021 |
| Old map letters |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jan 2021 |
| Ukr. or Est., once |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jan 2021 |
| Ukr. or Est., once |
The Washington Post |
12 Jan 2021 |
| Kirghizia or Byelorussia: Abbr |
New York Times |
10 Jan 2021 |
| Ukr., once |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Dec 2020 |
| Outdated geopolitical letters |
Newsday |
13 Dec 2020 |
| Pre-1991 atlas initials |
LA Times Daily |
12 Dec 2020 |
| Pre-1991 atlas initials |
The Washington Post |
12 Dec 2020 |
| Georgia, once: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
03 Dec 2020 |
| Georgia, once: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
03 Dec 2020 |
| Ukr., once |
The Washington Post |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Ukr., once |
LA Times Daily |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Latvia or Lithuania, formerly: Abbr. |
|
|
| Maa, in 1995's 'Babe' |
New York Times |
11 Oct 2020 |
| Kazakhstan or Estonia, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Old atlas abbr |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2020 |
| Old atlas abbr |
The Washington Post |
03 Sep 2020 |
| Old Russ. state |
Premier Sunday |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Ukr., e.g., once |
New York Times |
28 Jun 2020 |
| Estonia, once: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jun 2020 |
| Georgia, from 1921 to 1991 (abbr.) |
Jonesin |
16 Jun 2020 |
| Ukr., e.g., once |
Universal |
01 Jun 2020 |
| Tajikistan, once (abbr.) |
Jonesin |
21 Apr 2020 |
| One of fifteen until 1991: Abbr |
The New Yorker |
20 Apr 2020 |
| Estonia, once: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Estonia, once: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Cold War st |
LA Times Daily |
22 Mar 2020 |
| Cold War st |
The Washington Post |
22 Mar 2020 |
| Lith., e.g., once |
|
|
| Georgia, once: Abbr |
New York Times |
29 Dec 2019 |
| Georgia, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Map abbr. before 1991 |
New York Times |
11 Dec 2019 |
| Map abbr. before 1991 |
|
|
| Ukraine, in the '50s |
Newsday |
18 Oct 2019 |
| Latvia, until 1991: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Oct 2019 |
| Abbr. in an old atlas |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2019 |
| Old atlas initials: Abbr. |
|
|
| Armenia, once: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
15 Sep 2019 |
| Armenia, once: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2019 |
| Pre-1991 map abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Aug 2019 |
| Georgia, once |
Jonesin |
13 Aug 2019 |
| Abbr. on old maps |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jul 2019 |
| Abbr. on old maps |
The Washington Post |
28 Jul 2019 |
| Kazakhstan, once: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
11 Jul 2019 |
| Kazakhstan, once: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2019 |
| Old map initials |
|
|
| 'Olympia' painter |
New York Times |
25 Apr 2019 |
| Lithuania, once (abbr.) |
Jonesin |
23 Apr 2019 |
| Byelorussia, e.g.: Abbr |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Georgia, once: Abbr |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Mar 2019 |
| Ukr., Est. or Lith., once |
Premier Sunday |
20 Jan 2019 |
| Byelorussia, e.g.: Abbr. |
|
|
| Abbr. on old maps |
|
|
| Armenia, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Latvia, until 1991: Abbr. |
|
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| Georgia, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Kazakhstan, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Pre-1991 map abbr. |
|
|
| Abbr. in an old atlas |
|
|
| Ukr. or Est., once |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Old map initials: Abbr. |
|
|
| Old union member: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
30 Aug 2018 |
| Old union member: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
30 Aug 2018 |
| Old atlas initials: Abbr. |
|
|
| Abbr. on old Eurasian maps |
New York Times |
08 Jun 2018 |
| Cold War-era inits |
New York Times |
03 Jun 2018 |
| Outdated atlas abbr. |
|
|
| Old atlas letters |
The Washington Post |
13 May 2018 |
| Old atlas letters |
LA Times Daily |
13 May 2018 |
| Ukr. or Lith., before the 1990s |
Wall Street Journal |
05 May 2018 |
| Lith. or Est., once |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
27 Apr 2018 |
| Former Ukr. designation |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2018 |
| Any of the Baltic states, once: Abbr |
New York Times |
11 Mar 2018 |
| Tajikistan was one (abbr.) |
Jonesin |
27 Feb 2018 |
| Georgia, while Carter was pres |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Feb 2018 |
| Outdated atlas initials: Abbr. |
|
|
| Ukr., until 1991 |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jan 2018 |
| Ukr., until 1991 |
The Washington Post |
30 Jan 2018 |
| Bygone cartography initials |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jan 2018 |
| Bygone cartography initials |
The Washington Post |
28 Jan 2018 |
| Abbr. on old Eurasian maps |
|
|
| Lith. or Est., once |
|
|
| Ukr. or Est., once |
|
|
| Ukr. or Lith., before the 1990s |
|
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| Ukr., e.g., once |
|
|
| Ukr., once |
|
|
| Ukr., until 1991 |
|
|
| Old union member: Abbr. |
|
|
| Old atlas letters |
|
|
| Bygone cartography initials |
|
|
| Cold War-era inits. |
|
|
| Any of the Baltic states, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Byelorussia, as a UN member |
Newsday |
03 Dec 2017 |
| Old union member: Abbr |
New York Times |
11 Nov 2017 |
| Moldavia or Armenia, once: Abbr |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
22 Sep 2017 |
| Azerbaijan, once (abbr.) |
Jonesin |
19 Sep 2017 |
| Estonia or Latvia, once (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
02 Sep 2017 |
| Onetime Russian state: Abbr |
Newsday |
24 Aug 2017 |
| Lith., once |
LA Times Daily |
13 Aug 2017 |
| Lith., once |
The Washington Post |
13 Aug 2017 |
| Former Russian state: Abbr |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2017 |
| Ukr. or Lith., once |
LA Times Daily |
29 May 2017 |
| Ukr. or Lith., once |
The Washington Post |
29 May 2017 |
| 70-Across, e.g., formerly: Abbr |
New York Times |
02 May 2017 |
| Ukr.'s former status |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Apr 2017 |
| Lith. or Ukr., once |
USA Today |
22 Apr 2017 |
| Lithuania or Latvia, once (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2017 |
| One of 15 on old globes, for short |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
10 Mar 2017 |
| Old map abbr |
New York Times |
11 Feb 2017 |
| Lith. or Est., once |
LA Times Daily |
07 Feb 2017 |
| Abbr. on old Eurasian maps |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2017 |
| Old map letters |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jan 2017 |
| Union member, until 1991: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jan 2017 |
| One of 15 on old globes, for short |
|
|
| Moldavia or Armenia, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Ukr. or Lith., once |
|
|
| 70-Across, e.g., formerly: Abbr. |
|
|
| Lith. or Ukr., once |
|
|
| Old union member: Abbr. |
|
|
| Lith., once |
|
|
| Abbr. on old Eurasian maps |
|
|
| Old map abbr. |
|
|
| Lithuania or Latvia, once (Abbr.) |
|
|
| Estonia or Latvia, once (Abbr.) |
|
|
| Cold War state: Abbr. |
|
|
| Old map abbr |
LA Times Daily |
25 Dec 2016 |
| Lat. or Lith., once |
LA Times Daily |
08 Dec 2016 |
| Old Rus. state |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2016 |
| Cold War inits |
USA Today |
17 Nov 2016 |
| Outdated map letters |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Nov 2016 |
| Abbr. on Cold War maps |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2016 |
| Cold War land: Abbr |
New York Times |
09 Oct 2016 |
| Kazakhstan, once: Abbr |
New York Times |
21 Sep 2016 |
| Lat. or Lith., once |
New York Times |
24 Jul 2016 |
| Bygone map inits |
The Washington Post |
03 Jul 2016 |
| Ukraine once: Abbr |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jun 2016 |
| Defunct map abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jun 2016 |
| Former Russ. state |
Premier Sunday |
12 Jun 2016 |
| Old atlas inits |
New York Times |
27 May 2016 |
| Ukraine, once: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
17 May 2016 |
| Bygone Russian abbreviation |
The Washington Post |
31 Mar 2016 |
| Latvia or Lithuania, once: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jan 2016 |
| Old geographical inits |
New York Times |
08 Jan 2016 |
| Ukr. or Estonia, during the Cold War |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jan 2016 |
| Old atlas inits. |
|
|
| Kazakhstan, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Cold War land: Abbr. |
|
|
| Latvia or Lithuania, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Lat. or Lith., once |
|
|
| Old Rus. state |
|
|
| Old map abbr. |
|
|
| Ukr. or Estonia, during the Cold War |
|
|
| Old geographical inits. |
|
|
| Lat. or Lith., once |
|
|
| Belarus, once: Abbr |
New York Times |
12 Nov 2015 |
| Estonia or Georgia, at one time (abbr.) |
The Washington Post |
09 Nov 2015 |
| Cold War-era territory: Abbr |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2015 |
| Cold War letters |
LA Times Daily |
17 Sep 2015 |
| Bygone geographical inits |
USA Today |
13 Sep 2015 |
| Estonia or Ukr., once |
LA Times Daily |
08 Sep 2015 |
| Abbr. in an outdated atlas |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Aug 2015 |
| Abbr. on old Eurasian maps |
Jonesin |
18 Jun 2015 |
| Belarus or Ukr., once |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2015 |
| Latvia was one: Abbr |
Premier Sunday |
24 May 2015 |
| One of a geog. 15, once |
New York Times |
08 Apr 2015 |
| Estonia, once: Abbr |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2015 |
| Lith. or Ukr., once |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
13 Mar 2015 |
| Former red state: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2015 |
| State of old, briefly |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2015 |
| One of 15 until 1991: Abbr |
New York Times |
08 Feb 2015 |
| Estonia, until 1991: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
04 Feb 2015 |
| Lith. or Ukr., formerly |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jan 2015 |
| Former red state: Abbr. |
|
|
| Estonia, until 1991: Abbr. |
|
|
| Cold War abbr. |
|
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| Pre-1991 UKR or UZB |
|
|
| Estonia, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Latvia was one: Abbr. |
|
|
| Lith. or Ukr., once |
|
|
| Estonia or Ukr., once |
|
|
| Cold War letters |
|
|
| Belarus or Ukr., once |
|
|
| State of old, briefly |
|
|
| One of a geog. 15, once |
|
|
| One of 15 until 1991: Abbr. |
|
|
| Acronym for Russia or Estonia, once |
|
|
| Bygone geographical inits. |
|
|
| Estonia or Georgia, at one time (abbr.) |
|
|
| Abbr. in an outdated atlas |
|
|
| Belarus, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Lith. or Ukr., formerly |
|
|
| Old atlas abbr. |
|
|
| Cold War-era territory: Abbr. |
|
|
| Byelorussian ___: Abbr. |
New York Times |
21 Aug 2014 |
| Initials on old globes |
|
|
| Ukr., once |
|
|
| Old map letters |
|
|
| Moldavia, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Ukraine, once (abbr.) |
|
|
| Lith., once |
|
|
| Byelorussian ___: Abbr. |
|
|
| Old atlas initials |
|
|
| Latvia, before 1991: Abbr. |
|
|
| Old Russ. state |
|
|
| Georgia, formerly: Abbr. |
|
|
| Ukr. or Lith., once |
|
|
| Georgia, once (abbr.) |
|
|
| Cold War-era state: Abbr. |
|
|
| 37-Across was the smallest one: Abbr. |
|
|
| Letters in old atlases |
|
|
| Moldavia, e.g.: Abbr. |
|
|
| Pre-1991 Georgia, e.g.: Abbr. |
|
|
| Old atlas letters |
|
|
| Latv. or Lith., once |
|
|
| Armenia, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Ukr., once, e.g. |
|
|
| Ukr. or Est., once |
|
|
| Abbr. retired after Gorbachev's resignation |
|
|
| Belarus, until 1991: Abbr. |
|
|
| Russia was one, for short |
|
|
| Outdated geopolitical letters |
|
|
| Bygone Russ. state |
|
|
| Pre-Yeltsin-era letters |
|
|
| Ukr., until 1991, e.g. |
|
|
| Pre-1991 atlas initials |
|
|
| Abbr. on old Eurasian maps |
|
|
| Kazakhstan, until 1991: Abbr. |
|
|
| Uzbekistan, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Ukr., once |
|
|
| Uzbekistan, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Letters on two former UN members' nameplates |
|
|
| Onetime Rus. state |
|
|
| Ukr. used to be one |
|
|
| Georgia, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Abbr. on old maps |
|
|
| Cold War initials |
|
|
| Cold War state: Abbr. |
|
|
| Old geopolitical abbr. |
|
|
| Old map inits. |
|
|
| Outdated geopolitical letters |
|
|
| Abbr. on old Asian maps |
|
|
| Cold War initials |
|
|
| Old geopolitical abbr. |
|
|
| Old map inits. |
|
|
| Georgia's former designation |
|
|
| Old geography textbook abbr. |
|
|
| Abbr. found on old maps |
|
|
| Belarus, once (Abbr.) |
|
|
| Cold War initials |
|
|
| Old map letters |
|
|
| Georgia, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Outdated geopolitical inits. |
|
|
| Bygone Russian abbreviation |
|
|
| Georgia was one once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Old atlas letters |
|
|
| Old pol. entity |
|
|
| One of 15, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Ukr., e.g., until 1991 |
|
|
| Div. of a former union |
|
|
| Abbr. on outdated maps |
|
|
| Belarus, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Georgia until Apr. 9, 1991 |
|
|
| Old political inits. |
|
|
| Cold War region (abbr.) |
|
|
| Georgia, once (abbr.) |
|
|
| Ukr., until 1991 |
|
|
| Abbr. on outdated maps |
|
|
| Belarus, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Former atlas abbr. |
|
|
| Old atlas abbr. |
|
|
| Ukr.'s old status |
|
|
| One of two UN charter members |
|
|
| Pre-CIS entity |
|
|
| Defunct Russ. state |
|
|
| Former Russ. state |
|
|
| Lith. or Est., once |
|
|
| Est., e.g., once |
|
|
| Bygone union member: Abbr. |
|
|
| Belarus or Ukraine, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Old European map abbr. |
|
|
| Georgia, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Kazakhstan, once: Abbr. |
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| Lith., once |
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| Ukraine was one: Abbr. |
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| Lith. or Ukr., once |
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| Old atlas letters |
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| Outdated geopolitical letters |
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| Cold War state (abbr.) |
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| Est., once |
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| Moldavia, formerly (abbr.) |
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| Latvia letters, once |
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| Georgia letters, pre-1991 |
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| Old atlas abbr. |
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| Map letters until 1991 |
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| Ukr., formerly |
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| Old atlas abbr. |
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| Georgia, formerly: Abbr. |
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| Moldova, e.g.: Abbr. |
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| Old atlas initials |
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| Georgia, once |
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| Former geopolitical letters |
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| Former bloc letters |
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| Ukr., before 1991 |
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| Turkmenistan, once: Abbr. |
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| State until 1991: Abbr. |
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| Pol. letters until 1991 |
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| Lith., formerly |
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| Lith., e.g., once |
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| Kazakhstan, until 1991: Abbr. |
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| Former state "separated" in seven puzzle answers: Abbr. |
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| Russia, once (abbr.) |
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| Kazakhstan, once (abbr.) |
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| Bygone pol. unit |
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| Tajikistan, once: Abbr. |
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| State until 1991: Abbr. |
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| Ukr., before 1991 |
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| Turkmenistan, once: Abbr. |
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| Pol. letters until 1991 |
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| Old map letters |
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| Lith., formerly |
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| Lith., e.g., once |
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| Kazakhstan, until 1991: Abbr. |
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| Former state "separated" in seven puzzle answers: Abbr. |
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| Moldova, formerly: abbr. |
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| Former map inits. |
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| Map abbr. until 1991 |
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| Ukr., once, e.g. |
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| Lithuania or Estonia, once: Abbr. |
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| Ukraine, e.g., formerly: Abbr. |
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| Est., once |
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| Lith., formerly |
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| Abbr. on old maps |
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| Bygone polit. entity |
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| Latvia, once: Abbr. |
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| Bygone map letters |
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| Ukr., until 1991 |
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| Obsolete map abbr. |
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| Bygone map letters |
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| Estonia, once: Abbr. |
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| Georgia, once, initially |
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| Latvia, once: Abbr. |
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| Old Russian letters? |
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| Lithuania or Estonia, once: Abbr. |
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| Georgia, once: Abbr. |
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| Ukraine, once: Abbr. |
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| Ukr., once |
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| Kazakhstan, once (abbr.) |
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| Old atlas letters |
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| Ukr. or Lith., once |
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| Ukr., once |
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| Armenia, once: Abbr. |
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| Ukr., e.g., once |
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| Any of several old Russ. states |
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| Cold War unit: Abbr. |
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| One-time communist land, briefly |
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| Belarus, once (Abbr.) |
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| Georgia, once: Abbr. |
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| Letters on pre-1991 maps |
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| Old pol. division |
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| Georgia, once (Abbr.) |
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| Old Communist state (Abbr.) |
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| Old map abbr. |
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| Ukr., formerly |
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| Ukr., once |
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| Ukraine was one: Abbr. |
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| Former pol. div. |
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| Ukr., once |
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| Ukr. used to be one |
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| Former state: Abbr. |
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| Cold War unit: Abbr. |
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| Letters on pre-1991 maps |
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| Old pol. division |
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| Former Union member: Abbr. |
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| Lith., formerly |
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| Ukraine, once: Abbr. |
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| Old geog. inits. |
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| Ukraine, once |
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| Old map abbr. |
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| Ukr., once |
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| Old Black Sea borderer: Abbr. |
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| Estonia, e.g., once: Abbr. |
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| Former pol. subdivision |
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| Member of an old union: Abbr. |
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| Old atlas abbr. |
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| Former Union member (abbr.) |
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| Latvia or Lithuania, once (abbr.) |
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| Old map letters |
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| Georgia, once: Abbr. |
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| Ukr. or Lith., once |
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| Bygone map letters |
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| Obsolete map abbr. |
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| Bygone map letters |
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| Estonia, once: Abbr. |
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| Lithuania, once: Abbr. |
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| Old country: Abbr. |
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| Former empire abbr. |
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| Ukr., formerly |
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| Lith. or Latv., once |
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| Abbr. found on old maps |
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| Lith. or Azer., once |
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| Old country: Abbr. |
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| Ukr. or Lat., once |
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| Lith., once |
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| Defunct pol. entity |
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| Ukraine, e.g., once: Abbr. |
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| Russia, once: Abbr. |
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| Red letters? |
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| Pre-1991 map abbr. |
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| Dated map abbr. |
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| Georgia, once: abbr. |
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| Map letters, once |
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| Lithuania, once: Abbr. |
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| Mem. of an old union |
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| Ukr. was one |
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| Estonia, once: Abbr. |
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| Estonia or Georgia, at one time: Abbr. |
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| Chevy model with a retractable hardtop |
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| Belarus, once: Abbr. |
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| Byelorussian __ |
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| Erstwhile bloc letters |
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| Former empire abbr. |
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| Lith., once |
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| Old union mem. |
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| Part of an empire up to 1991: Abbr. |
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| Latvia, once (abbr.) |
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| Line of Chevrolet trucks |
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| Ukr., once |
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| Outdated Asian map abbr. |
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| Belarus, in prev. days |
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| Old map initials |
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| Azerbaijan, prev. |
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| Map abbr. until 1991 |
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| Armenia, prev. |
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| Abbreviation on old maps |
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| Belarus, once: Abbr. |
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| Obsolete map abbr. |
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| Red letters, before 1991 |
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| Estonia in 1990 |
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| Georgia, once |
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| Soviet inits. |
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| Old republic letters |
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| Ukr., formerly |
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| Lithuania, once: Abbr. |
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| Georgia, once: Abbr. |
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| Estonia, once: Abbr. |
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| Bygone map abbr. |
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| Byelorussia, once |
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| Ukraine, once (Abbr.) |
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| Tadzhik, once: Abbr. |
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| Belarus, once: abbr. |
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| Old communist state (Abbr.) |
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| Former atlas inits. |
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| Bygone map inits. |
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| Latvia, once: Abbr. |
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| Old geographical abbr. |
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| Ukr., formerly |
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| Old union letters |
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| Lithuania, once: Abbr. |
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| Bygone pol. unit |
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| Old union letters |
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| Abbr. on old maps |
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| Belorussia was one |
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| Belarus, before '91 (abbr.) |
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| New Chevrolet model |
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| Former world power div. |
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| Former empire abbr. |
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| Former empire abbr. |
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| Old map abbr. |
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| Lith., once |
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| Ukr., formerly |
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| Ukr., formerly |
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| Azer. or Ukr., once |
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| Georgia, formerly: Abbr. |
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| Inits. on bygone maps |
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| Cold War abbr. |
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| Abbr. on old Asian maps |
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| Belarus, prev. |
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| Old map initials |
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| Old Communist letters |
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| Bygone map abbr. |
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| Ukr., before 1991 |
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| CCCP part |
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| Outdated atlas abbr. |
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| Ukr., once |
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| Georgia in the 1960s (abbr.) |
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| Uzbekistan, in 1990 |
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| Cold War abbr. |
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| Georgia, before 1991 (abbr.) |
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| Ukr. or Lith., once |
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| Moldavia, once (abbr.). |
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| Old map initials |
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| Old Communist letters |
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| Former world power div. |
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| Armenia, once, briefly |
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| Cold War inits. |
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| Former Asian map abbr. |
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| Russia's initials, formerly |
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| Outdated atlas abbr. |
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| Armenia, once |
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| Old map abbr. |
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| Lat. or Lith., once |
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| Ukr. or Lith., once |
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| Lat. or Ukraine, once |
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| State under Stalin (abbr.) |
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| Letters on old maps |
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| Ukr., on old maps |
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| Former Soviet Bloc memb. |
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| Cold War abbr. |
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| Former map abbr. |
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| Azerbaijan, once: Abbr. |
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| Kazakhstan, for example, once (abbr.) |
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| Outdated atlas abbr. |
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| Lith., formerly |
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| Abbr. on old maps |
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| Ukraine, once: Abbr. |
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| Pre-1991 map abbr. |
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| Georgia, once (Abbr.) |
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| Former political initials |
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| Former geopolitical initials |
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| Former geopolitical abbr. |
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| Abbr. on old maps |
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| Soviet Union division: Abbr. |
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| Latvia, once: Abbr. |
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| Georgia, formerly: Abbr. |
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| Former map initials |
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| Former Union mem. |
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| Ukr., formerly, e.g. |
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| Belarus, before '91 |
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| Moldavia or Azerbaijan, once (abbr.) |
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| Estonia, once (abbr.) |
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| Armenia, formerly, e.g. (abbr.) |
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| Bygone map letters |
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| Azer. or Lith., once |
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| Lith.., once |
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| Lith., formerly |
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| Pre-Yeltsin abbr. |
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| Ukr., formerly |
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| Map abbr. until 1991 |
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| Belarus, before 1991 |
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| Georgia was one: Abbr. |
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| Ukr. pre-breakup |
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| Georgia, e.g.: Abbr. |
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| Bygone govt. unit |
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| Ukr., once |
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| Onetime political initials |
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| Atlas letters until 1991 |
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| Georgia was one, once |
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| Georgia, once: Abbr. |
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| Ukraine letters once |
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| Russian Fed. member |
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| Abbreviation on old maps |
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| Georgia once |
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| Armenia, once |
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| Kazakhstan at one time for one: abbr. |
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| Old geog. initials |
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| Abbr. on outdated maps |
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| Latvia, once (abbr.) |
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| Ukraine, once |
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| Armenia, formerly: Abbr. |
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| Bygone Bolshevik reg. |
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| Union letters, once |
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| Former Rus. state |
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| Russ. federation member |
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| Ukr. or Lith., once |
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| Kazakhstan formerly: abbr. |
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| Cold War abbreviation |
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| Bygone map letters |
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| Moldavia, once (abbr.) |
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| Old letters from Russia? |
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| Passe inits. |
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| Moldavia or Belarus, once (abbr.) |
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| Russian letters |
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| Latvia, once: Abbr. |
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| Georgia was one: Abbr. |
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| The Ukraine, formerly: Abbr. |
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| Armenia or Azerbaijan, once: Abbr. |
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| Map abbr. until 1991 |
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| Former Union member: Abbr. |
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| Bygone geographical inits. |
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| Communist land, once: Abbr. |
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| Ukraine once: abbr. |
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| Obsolete geog. abbr. |
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| One of 15, formerly: Abbr. |
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| Old Communist state (abbr.) |
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| Russian abbreviation once |
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| One Ga., once |
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| Moldavia, once: Abbr. |
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| Estonia once: abbr. |
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| Old Communist state: Abbr. |
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| Pre-Yeltsin Russ. |
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| Defunct pol. entity |
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| Kazakh. once |
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| Ukr. or Russ., once |
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| Russ. or Ukr., once |
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| Georgia formerly |
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| Former Soviet prov. |
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| Former Russian abbreviation |
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| 50 Down, once: Abbr. |
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| Obsolete map abbr. |
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| 40 Across was one: Abbr. |
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| Ukr., e.g. , formerly |
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| Rus., e.g., formerly |
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| Soviet Union pt., once |
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| Ukr., e.g. |
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| Uzbek or Tadzhik: Abbr. |
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| Soviet div. |
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| Ukr. is one |
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| Eastern Eur. unit |
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| Russian state: Abbr. |
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| Armenia, e.g. |
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| The Ukraine, e.g. |
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| Latvia, e.g. |
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| Uzbek, for one: Abbr. |
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| Ukr.,e.g. |
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| Kazakh or Uzbek (abbr.) |
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| The Ukr., e.g. |
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| Georgia, e.g. |
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| Byelorussia is one: Abbr. |
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| S.U. unit |
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| Kazakh, e.g. |
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| Sov. state |
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| Russ. unit |
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| Soviet rep. |
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| Lith. or Ukr. |
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| Ukr., for one |
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| Tadzhik or Turkmen: Abbr. |
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| Ukr. or Lith. |
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| Soviet state |
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| Russ. state |
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| Soviet unit: Abbr. |
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| Where the SIREt flows: Abbr. |
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| Russ. area, such as the Ukraine |
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| World-power div. |
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| Soviet inits. |
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| Part of Russia: Abbr. |
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| Russian unit: Abbr. |
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| Moscow affiliate: Abbr. |
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| Moscow satellite state: Abbr. |
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| Latvia or Armenia: Abbr. |
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| Ukraine, for one: Abbr. |
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| Ukraine or Latvia: Abbr. |
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| Latvia or Ukraine: Abbr. |
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| Russian political unit: Abbr. |
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| Latvia, for one: Abbr. |
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| Estonia or Latvia: Abbr. |
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| Soviet initials |
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| Eurasian union |
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| Soviet initials. |
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| Kazakh, for one: Abbr. |
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| Red state: Abbr. |
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| Soviet Union member: Abbr. |
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| Ukraine is one: Abbr. |
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| Component of Russia. |
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| State dissolved after perestroika: Abbr. |
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| Kazakhstan, once: Abbr. |
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| Dated map abbr. |
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| Armenia, once: Abbr. |
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| Abbr. in a geography book that should probably be recycled |
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| Russian initials |
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| Component of Russia: Abbr. |
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| Old map abbr. |
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| Old atlas abbr. |
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| Moldova, back in the day: Abbr. |
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| Moldova or Azerbaijan, once: Abbr. |
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| Mold., once |
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| Old maps abbr. |
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