| Some former UN members |
Newsday |
29 Mar 2026 |
| Areas on 1980s Eur. maps |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Feb 2026 |
| Lithuania and Latvia, in the '60s |
Newsday |
05 Oct 2025 |
| Cold War satellites, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Bygone pol. divisions |
LA Times Daily |
26 Sep 2025 |
| Latv. and Lith., once |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Eurasian mem. states, pre-1991 |
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| Former geopolitical states: Abbr. |
LA Times Daily |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Thh. and Latv., once |
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| Lith. and Latv., once |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Lat. and Lith., once |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2024 |
| Much of E. Europe, once |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2024 |
| Divisions in an outdated atlas: Abbr. |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jan 2024 |
| Cold War gp |
LA Times Daily |
02 Aug 2023 |
| Latvia and Lithuania, once: Abbr. |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jun 2023 |
| Lith. and Latv., once |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Dec 2022 |
| Lat. and Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Nov 2022 |
| Latvia and Lithuania, in the '60s: Abbr. |
Newsday |
23 Nov 2022 |
| Cold War-era countries: Abbr. |
Newsday |
11 Nov 2022 |
| Ukr. and Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Three former UN members |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2022 |
| Estonia and Latvia, once: Abbr |
Premier Sunday |
11 Sep 2022 |
| Old geopolitical states: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
28 Aug 2022 |
| Former polit. divisions |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 May 2022 |
| Former polit. divisions |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Apr 2022 |
| Lat. and Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Apr 2022 |
| Former polit. divisions |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Mar 2022 |
| Much of E. Europe, once |
|
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| Much of E. Europe, once |
LA Times Daily |
04 Feb 2022 |
| Bygone Russ. states |
Premier Sunday |
02 Jan 2022 |
| Lat. and Ukr., once |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2021 |
| Ukr. and Lith., once |
LA Times Daily |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Former polit. divisions |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Nov 2021 |
| Former polit. divisions |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Sep 2021 |
| Georgia et al., once: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Aug 2021 |
| The Baltics, once: Abbr |
New York Times |
21 Aug 2021 |
| Former polit. divisions |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Former polit. divisions |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 May 2021 |
| Georgia and others, once: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
13 May 2021 |
| Ukr. and Lith., once |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Apr 2021 |
| Georgia et al., once |
|
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| Georgia et al., once |
LA Times Daily |
21 Mar 2021 |
| Ukr. and Lith., once |
New York Times |
18 Mar 2021 |
| Old pol. divisions |
|
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| Old pol. divisions |
LA Times Daily |
07 Dec 2020 |
| Pol. units until 1991 |
|
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| Pol. units until 1991 |
LA Times Daily |
05 Nov 2020 |
| Ukr. and Est., once |
|
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| Ukr. and Est., once |
LA Times Daily |
28 Oct 2020 |
| Old geopolitical states: Abbr |
|
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| Old geopolitical states: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
07 Oct 2020 |
| Lat. and Ukr., formerly |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jul 2020 |
| Lat. and Ukr., formerly |
|
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| Latv. and Lith., until 1990 |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Dec 2019 |
| Ukr. and Lith., once (Abbr.) |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Nov 2019 |
| Lat. and Est., once |
|
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| Lat. and Est., once |
LA Times Daily |
16 Sep 2019 |
| Est. and Lat., once |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Aug 2019 |
| Armenia and Georgia, once |
|
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| Three former UN members |
Newsday |
18 May 2019 |
| The Baltics, once: Abbr |
|
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| The Baltics, once: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
30 Apr 2019 |
| Some old Eur. republics |
|
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| Some old Eur. republics |
LA Times Daily |
28 Apr 2019 |
| States in an outdated atlas: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2019 |
| States in an outdated atlas: Abbr |
|
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| States under J. Stalin |
|
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| The Baltics, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Est. and Lat., once |
|
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| States in an outdated atlas: Abbr. |
|
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| Lat. and Est., once |
|
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| Some old Eur. republics |
|
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| Much of Eastern Eur., once |
|
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| Much of Eastern Eur., once |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Some old European lands: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Aug 2018 |
| Ukr. and Lith., once |
|
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| Ukr. and Lith., once |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jul 2018 |
| Historical group of 15, for short |
New York Times |
04 Jan 2018 |
| Much of Eastern Eur., once |
|
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| Historical group of 15, for short |
|
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| Some old European lands: Abbr. |
|
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| Ukr. and Lith., once |
|
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| Much of Eur., once |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Dec 2017 |
| Ukr. and Georgia, once |
LA Times Daily |
24 Nov 2017 |
| Ukr. and Georgia, once |
|
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| They became independent in 1991: Abbr |
New York Times |
20 Sep 2017 |
| Union members until 1991: Abbr |
|
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| Union members until 1991: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jun 2017 |
| Ukr. and Lith., formerly |
|
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| Ukr. and Lith., formerly |
LA Times Daily |
26 May 2017 |
| Cold War initials |
LA Times Daily |
30 Apr 2017 |
| Cold War initials |
|
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| Georgia et al., once |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jan 2017 |
| They became independent in 1991: Abbr. |
|
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| Cold War initials |
|
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| Old pol. divisions |
|
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| Ukr. and Georgia, once |
|
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| Ukr. and Lith., formerly |
|
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| Union members until 1991: Abbr. |
|
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| Much of E. Eur., once |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Sep 2016 |
| 15 divs. on old maps |
New York Times |
21 Jul 2016 |
| The Stans were among them: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jul 2016 |
| Latvia and Estonia, once: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jun 2016 |
| Old map divs |
LA Times Daily |
14 Apr 2016 |
| Members of a Cold War union (abbr.) |
|
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| Lith. and Lat., once |
|
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| Much of eastern Eur., once |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Feb 2016 |
| They were wiped off the map in '91 |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2016 |
| The Stans were among them: Abbr. |
|
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| Latvia and Estonia, once: Abbr. |
|
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| 15 divs. on old maps |
|
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| They were wiped off the map in '91 |
|
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| Moldova and Belarus, once: Abbr |
New York Times |
26 Nov 2015 |
| Georgia and Estonia, formerly |
USA Today |
27 Aug 2015 |
| Lith. and Ukr., once |
LA Times Daily |
22 Mar 2015 |
| Estonia, Georgia and Latvia, formerly (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
19 Feb 2015 |
| Ukr. and Lat., formerly |
|
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| Georgia and Latvia, once: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jan 2015 |
| Georgia and Estonia, formerly |
|
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| Lith. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Latvia and Estonia, at one time (abbr.) |
|
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| Moldova and Belarus, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Ukr. and Lat., formerly |
|
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| Ukr. and Rus., once |
|
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| Georgia and Latvia, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Estonia, Georgia and Latvia, formerly (Abbr.) |
|
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| Lat. and Lith., once |
|
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| Red gp., once |
|
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| Cold War gp. |
|
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| What Latvia and Belarus once were: Abbr. |
|
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| Lith. and Lat., formerly |
|
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| Georgia and others, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Former political divs. |
|
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| Ukr., Est. and Lith., once |
|
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| Georgia and neighbors, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Ukraine and others, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Ukr. and Lith., once |
|
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| Parts of Eastern Eur., once |
|
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| Ukr. and Lith., once |
|
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| Stalin's states (abbr.) |
|
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| Lat. and Lith., formerly |
|
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| Ukr. et al, once |
|
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| The Baltics, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Red states?: Abbr. |
|
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| Estonia and Armenia, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Est. and Lat., once |
|
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| They broke up in 1991: Abbr. |
|
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| Red gp. |
|
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| Red areas, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Old political divs. |
|
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| Georgia and Moldova, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Est. and Lat., once |
|
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| Much of Eur., once |
|
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| Estonia and Armenia, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Old political divs. |
|
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| The Baltics, once (Abbr.) |
|
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| United entities before 1991: Abbr. |
|
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| Red areas, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Red gp. |
|
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| Red states?: Abbr. |
|
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| Ukr. et al, once |
|
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| Lith. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Georgia and Latvia, formerly (abbr.) |
|
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| Cold war-era lands: Abbr. |
|
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| Old red states?: Abbr. |
|
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| Armenia and Azerbaijan, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Rus. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Former political divs. |
|
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| Lith. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Lith. and Lat., once |
|
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| Old pol. divisions |
|
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| Old red states?: Abbr. |
|
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| Members of a former union: Abbr. |
|
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| States under Stalin (Abbr.) |
|
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| Lith. and Lat., once |
|
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| Georgia and Latvia, once: Abbr. |
|
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| The Baltics, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Cold war gp. |
|
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| Old pol. units |
|
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| Georgia and Latvia, once (abbr.) |
|
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| Old pol. units |
|
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| Baltic states, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Estonia and Latvia, formerly: Abbr. |
|
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| Cold war gp. |
|
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| Georgia and Uzbekistan, formerly (Abbr.) |
|
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| Bygone Black Sea borderers: Abbr. |
|
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| Cold war grp. |
|
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| Lith. et al., once |
|
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| Georgia et al., once: Abbr. |
|
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| Ukr. et al., once |
|
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| Azerbaijan and Ukraine, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Former political divs. |
|
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| Lith. and Lat., once |
|
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| Old political divs. |
|
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| Lith. and Lat., once |
|
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| Estonia and Latvia, formerly (abbr.) |
|
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| Ukr. et al., once |
|
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| Lith. et al., once |
|
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| Red grp. |
|
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| Red states?: Abbr. |
|
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| Georgia et al., once: Abbr. |
|
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| Azerbaijan and Belarus, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Old atlas entries |
|
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| Rus. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Part of Eastern Europe, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Old geographical initials |
|
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| Former union members: Abbr. |
|
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| Ukr. and Lith., once |
|
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| Ukr. and Rus., once |
|
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| C.I.S. members, once |
|
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| Red states, once: abbr. |
|
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| Estonia and Latvia, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Pre-1991 pol. divisions |
|
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| Bygone grp. of 15 |
|
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| Pre-'91 republics |
|
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| C.C.C.P. divisions |
|
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| Some Eur. nations, not long ago |
|
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| Armenia and Georgia, once (Abbr.) |
|
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| Estonia and Latvia, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Pre-1991 pol. divisions |
|
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| Much of Eastern Eur., once |
|
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| Lith. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Latvia et al., once: Abbr. |
|
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| Much of Eastern Eur., once |
|
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| Some of them are now in the EU |
|
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| Union members until 1991: Abbr. |
|
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| Georgia and others, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Kazakhstan and others, formerly (abbr.) |
|
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| Old pol. divisions |
|
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| Estonia and Latvia, formerly: Abbr. |
|
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| Some Eur. Union members, once |
|
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| The Baltics, once (Abbr.) |
|
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| The Baltics, once (abbr.) |
|
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| Communist federation: Abbr. |
|
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| States under Stalin (Abbr.) |
|
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| The Baltics, formerly |
|
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| Erstwhile grp. of 15 |
|
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| Latvia et al., once: Abbr. |
|
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| Lat. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Lith. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Union mems. until 1991 |
|
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| Union mems. until 1991 |
|
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| Old union members: Abbr. |
|
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| Lith. and Lat., once |
|
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| Georgia and Latvia, prev. |
|
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| Lat. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Lat. and Ukr., formerly |
|
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| Chevy convertibles |
|
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| Red states?: Abbr. |
|
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| A lot of Eurasia, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Georgia et al., once: Abbr. |
|
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| Est. and Lith., for 51 years |
|
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| Some Eur. nations, not long ago |
|
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| Former grp. of 15 |
|
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| Lith. and Lat., once |
|
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| Bygone polit. entities |
|
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| Lith. and Ukr., formerly |
|
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| Some former UN members |
|
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| Lat., Lith. and Ukr., once |
|
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| The Baltics, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Lith. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Georgia and Lithuania, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Old union mems. |
|
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| Much of Eur. and Asia once |
|
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| Latvia and Estonia, once: Abbr. |
|
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| CIS members, formerly |
|
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| Ukr. and Lith., once |
|
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| Georgia and Armenia, formerly: Abbr. |
|
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| Erstwhile geopolitical units: Abbr. |
|
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| Bygone political divs. |
|
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| Former political divs. |
|
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| Belarus et al., once: Abbr. |
|
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| Ukr. and Lat., once |
|
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| Lith. and Ukr., formerly |
|
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| Independence achievers of 1991: Abbr. |
|
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| Belarus et al., once: Abbr. |
|
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| Georgia et al., once (abbr.) |
|
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| Pre-1989 Eurasian political divs. |
|
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| Lat., Lith., and Ukr., once |
|
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| The Baltic States, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Georgia and Armenia, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Former union members: Abbr. |
|
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| Former political divs. |
|
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| Georgia and Ukraine, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Former union members: Abbr. |
|
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| Russ. and Lat., once |
|
|
| Some Eur. nations, not long ago |
|
|
| Erstwhile political divs. |
|
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| Some Eur. nations, not long ago |
|
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| Former union members: Abbr. |
|
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| Lat. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Lith. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Lith. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Lat. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Old Eurasian locales: Abbr. |
|
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| Georgia and Russia, under Stalin |
|
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| Estonia and Latvia, once (abbr.) |
|
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| Lat. and Lith., once |
|
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| Georgia and Ukraine, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Ukr. and Lat., once |
|
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| Lith. and Lat., once |
|
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| Lat. and Lith., once |
|
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| Cold War lands: Abbr. |
|
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| Lithuania and Latvia, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Former union mems. |
|
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| Cold War lands: Abbr. |
|
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| Lat. and Lith., once |
|
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| Estonia et al., once: Abbr. |
|
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| Ukr. and Lith., once |
|
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| A great deal of Eurasia, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Lat. and others, once |
|
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| States under Stalin: Abbr. |
|
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| Two former UN members |
|
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| The Baltics, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Latvia and Belarus, once |
|
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| Est. and Lat., once |
|
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| Azerbaijan and Ukraine, once (Abbr.) |
|
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| Latvia and Ukraine, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Old political divs. |
|
|
| Ukr. and Lat., once |
|
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| Georgia et al., once |
|
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| Belarus and Ukraine, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Latvia and Lithuania, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Former political divs. |
|
|
| Georgia and others, once: abbr. |
|
|
| C.I.S. members, once |
|
|
| Former Russian political divisions: Abbr. |
|
|
| Former polit. units |
|
|
| Bygone pol. units |
|
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| Azerbaijan and Ukraine, once: Abbr. |
|
|
| Armenia and Georgia, once: Abbr. |
|
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| Tadzikistan and Turkmenistan, formerly (abbr.) |
|
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| Georgia et al., before '91 |
|
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| Pre-'91 republics |
|
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| States under Stalin: Abbr. |
|
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| Georgia et al., once |
|
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| Ukr. and Lat., once |
|
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| Armenia and Latvia, formerly: Abbr. |
|
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| Uzbekistan et al., once (abbr.) |
|
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| The Baltics, once (abbr.) |
|
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| Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, formerly (abbr.) |
|
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| Georgia and Uzbekistan, formerly (abbr.) |
|
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| C.C.C.P. units |
|
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| Lativa and Georgia, once |
|
|
| Sts. since 1991 |
|
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| Lat., Lith. and Ukr., once |
|
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| Old polit. entities |
|
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| CIS members, once |
|
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| Lith. and Azer., once |
|
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| Ukr. and Ga., once |
|
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| Lat. and Lith., once |
|
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| Former states: Abbr. |
|
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| Ukr. et al., once |
|
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| Former Soviet sts. |
|
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| Latvia et al. |
|
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| Ukr., etc. |
|
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| Kazakhstan and Armenia, e.g. |
|
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| Tadzhik and Uzbek: Abbr. |
|
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| Ukr., Latv., etc. |
|
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| Russ. units |
|
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| Byelorussia and Georgia: Abbr. |
|
|
| Ukr. and Lith. |
|
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| Russia and Latvia are two: Abbr. |
|
|
| Kazakh and Uzbek: Abbr. |
|
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| Eastern Eur. units |
|
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| Soviet states: Abbr. |
|
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| Former Eur. union members |
|
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