Cold War opponent: Abbr. |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2024 |
"Back in the _" (Beatles song) |
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Locale in a Beatles song |
New York Times |
19 Apr 2024 |
What country was a world superpower until it split in 1991? (inits)(4) |
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Russia before it was Russia |
Family Time |
15 Apr 2024 |
Former communist country holds ship inside ancient city |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Apr 2024 |
Soviet Union (inits) |
|
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Defunct empire |
|
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Russia's Cold War initials |
|
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Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Apr 2024 |
Old Russia |
Family Time |
31 Mar 2024 |
Large part of the world for a time |
|
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Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Mar 2024 |
Letters from the Cold War |
Universal |
21 Mar 2024 |
The United States' Cold War foe (1,1,1,1) |
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Cold War country |
USA Today |
19 Mar 2024 |
Cold War power, for short |
New York Times |
19 Mar 2024 |
"Back in the_" (Beatles song) |
|
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Over which Khrushchev ruled (4) |
|
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Former Russia (1,1,1,1) |
|
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Mikhail Gorbachev was its last leader: Abbr. |
Universal |
14 Mar 2024 |
America's Cold War foe (1,1,1,1) |
|
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World power until 1991 |
USA Today |
11 Mar 2024 |
Absurd ruses lacked energy behind the iron curtain (4) |
|
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Socialist state that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 (1,1,1,1) |
|
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State dissolved 31 December 1991 |
|
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KGB's place |
Universal |
28 Feb 2024 |
Cold War side (abbr) (4) |
|
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Russia between 1917 and 1991 (abbr.) |
|
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
|
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Space race initials |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2024 |
The Soviet Union (inits) (4) |
|
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Cold War adversary |
Newsday |
11 Feb 2024 |
"Back in the ___" (Beatles song) |
Universal |
04 Feb 2024 |
Back in the _, Beatles song (4) |
|
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Red letters |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Jan 2024 |
It's written as "C.C.C.P." in Cyrillic |
New York Times |
31 Jan 2024 |
Back in the ___, Beatles song (4) |
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Setting of the finale of "The Queen's Gambit" |
TV |
21 Jan 2024 |
Bygone world superpower (inits) |
|
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Federation of 15 republics which was dissolved in 1991 (4) |
|
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Russia from 1922-1991 |
Family Time |
14 Jan 2024 |
Back in the ___, Beatles hit (inits)(4) |
|
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Russia, on older maps |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2024 |
“Miracle on Ice” loser |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jan 2024 |
Ivan Drago's country |
|
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Russia's former initials |
|
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The former Soviet Union (4) |
|
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Former geopolitical letters |
Newsday |
08 Dec 2023 |
Space Race competitor, for short |
Universal |
06 Dec 2023 |
Cold War adversary: Abbr. |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2023 |
Spy-fi side, often |
LA Times Daily |
04 Nov 2023 |
Grp. that launched 41-Across |
New York Times |
02 Nov 2023 |
Former governor of Georgia? |
New York Times |
15 Oct 2023 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Sep 2023 |
"Miracle on Ice" losing team: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
17 Sep 2023 |
Former Security Council member |
Newsday |
07 Sep 2023 |
Cold War initials |
LA Times Daily |
07 Sep 2023 |
Cold War nat. |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Sep 2023 |
Russia, on older globes |
Newsday |
23 Aug 2023 |
It broke up on Dec. 26, 1991 |
New York Times |
21 Aug 2023 |
Cold War country |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2023 |
Former UN member |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2023 |
Space Race rival for the U.S |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2023 |
Destination of a flight in a Beatles song |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Jul 2023 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Jul 2023 |
One-sixth of the world's ground surface until 1991, in brief |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2023 |
Space Race country |
USA Today |
23 Jun 2023 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Jun 2023 |
World power until '91 |
Premier Sunday |
18 Jun 2023 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jun 2023 |
Cold War country |
USA Today |
11 Jun 2023 |
Cold War country |
USA Today |
07 Jun 2023 |
The Beatles' "Back in the ___" |
Universal |
06 Jun 2023 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 May 2023 |
WWII ally |
Newsday |
18 May 2023 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 May 2023 |
Former nation, consisting of 15 republics for its last 35 years |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
07 May 2023 |
Space race initials |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2023 |
Where Rocky fought Ivan Drago |
Newsday |
05 May 2023 |
Space Race country |
USA Today |
02 May 2023 |
Cold War inits |
Universal |
24 Apr 2023 |
KGB's land |
Premier Sunday |
23 Apr 2023 |
One side on "The Americans," initially |
LA Times Daily |
21 Apr 2023 |
Khrushchev's fed |
Premier Sunday |
09 Apr 2023 |
Old org. for Armenia |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2023 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Apr 2023 |
Cold War initials |
LA Times Daily |
02 Apr 2023 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Mar 2023 |
Evil Empire acronym |
Canadiana |
13 Mar 2023 |
Space Race country, briefly |
Universal |
09 Mar 2023 |
Cold War side |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Feb 2023 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Feb 2023 |
U.N. member until 1991 |
New York Times |
09 Feb 2023 |
World power in many spy-fi novels |
LA Times Daily |
06 Feb 2023 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jan 2023 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jan 2023 |
Cold War power, in brief |
New York Times |
20 Dec 2022 |
Sputnik launcher: Abbr |
Universal |
28 Nov 2022 |
The Beatles’ “Back in the ___” |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Nov 2022 |
Cold War initials |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Nov 2022 |
See 12 Across |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Nov 2022 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Oct 2022 |
Pre-1991 world power |
Premier Sunday |
23 Oct 2022 |
Abbr. in a Beatles title |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Oct 2022 |
Map inits. until 1991 |
New York Times |
09 Oct 2022 |
Former abbr. for Russia |
Newsday |
04 Oct 2022 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Oct 2022 |
KGB country |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2022 |
Cold War initials |
LA Times Daily |
22 Aug 2022 |
Old map inits |
New York Times |
14 Aug 2022 |
Cold War letters |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jul 2022 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Jul 2022 |
Former Eurasian superpower |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2022 |
World's largest country from 1922 to 1991 |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2022 |
Geographical inits. until 1991 |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2022 |
Spy-fi country |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jun 2022 |
U.S.'s Space Race competitor |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2022 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Jun 2022 |
'Back in the --', Beatles track on the 'White Album' |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
09 May 2022 |
Federation that dissolved in 1991 |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Apr 2022 |
Space Race country |
USA Today |
12 Apr 2022 |
Fallen Russian govt |
Canadiana |
21 Mar 2022 |
Cold War participant: Abbr. |
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Losing team in the "Miracle on Ice" hockey game |
New York Times |
09 Mar 2022 |
Bolsheviks' nation |
The Washington Post Sunday |
13 Feb 2022 |
KGB's country, once |
Family Time |
07 Feb 2022 |
Where Rocky won in '85 |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2022 |
Country assigned the .su domain in 1990: Abbr |
Universal |
13 Jan 2022 |
Khrushchev's nation |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 Jan 2022 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Dec 2021 |
Where “Moscow girls make me sing and shout,” in a Beatles song |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Dec 2021 |
Kitchen Debate state, briefly |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Nov 2021 |
Leningrad’s land, for short |
New York Times |
16 Nov 2021 |
Cold War side |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Nov 2021 |
Country that ceased to be in December 1991 |
The Guardian Weekend |
23 Oct 2021 |
Former association of communist republics |
Irish Times Simplex |
22 Oct 2021 |
Cold War initials |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2021 |
Moscow's country, once: Abbr |
Universal |
22 Oct 2021 |
Cold War initials |
The Washington Post |
22 Oct 2021 |
USA's rival in the "Miracle on Ice" |
Universal |
21 Oct 2021 |
Cold War group's letters |
Family Time |
27 Sep 2021 |
Kazakhstan's former country: Abbr |
Universal |
27 Sep 2021 |
Space Race country |
USA Today |
24 Sep 2021 |
Red state, once |
Newsday |
23 Sep 2021 |
Cold War initials |
Universal |
17 Sep 2021 |
37 Down, another way |
Newsday |
12 Sep 2021 |
Cold War country |
USA Today |
11 Sep 2021 |
Russia, once: Abbr |
Universal |
07 Sep 2021 |
KGB country |
The Washington Post |
24 Aug 2021 |
KGB country |
LA Times Daily |
24 Aug 2021 |
"Back in the ___" (Beatles title) |
Universal |
17 Aug 2021 |
"Back in the ___," Beatles song |
|
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It raised a major red flag |
New York Times |
07 Aug 2021 |
Russia, once: Abbr |
Universal |
04 Aug 2021 |
Founding member of the U.N. Security Council |
New York Times |
29 Jul 2021 |
Cold War side, briefly |
Universal |
19 Jul 2021 |
Name in a noted '90s breakup |
New York Times |
17 Jul 2021 |
Country that dissolved in '91 |
Universal |
16 Jul 2021 |
One of the WWII Allies |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2021 |
Former abbr. for Russia |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2021 |
Space race initials |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jul 2021 |
Space race initials |
The Washington Post |
04 Jul 2021 |
Beatles title locale |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jul 2021 |
Cold War initials |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jun 2021 |
Former abbr. for Russia |
Newsday |
25 May 2021 |
"Back in the ___," Beatles song |
|
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Old atlas abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
22 May 2021 |
The Beatles' "Back in the ___" |
Universal |
22 May 2021 |
World power from 1922 to 1991 (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2021 |
Cold War letters |
Universal |
20 Mar 2021 |
Cold War initials |
The Washington Post |
15 Mar 2021 |
Cold War initials |
LA Times Daily |
15 Mar 2021 |
Dissolution of Dec. 1991 |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2021 |
Sov. Union |
Canadiana |
08 Feb 2021 |
Focus of a 1991 breakup |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jan 2021 |
Pre-'91 empire |
Premier Sunday |
10 Jan 2021 |
"Back in the ___," song by the Beatles |
|
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Red letters |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2021 |
Cold War enemy |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2020 |
Cold War enemy |
The Washington Post |
27 Dec 2020 |
"Back in the ___," song The Beatles: Abbr. |
|
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Global power that broke up in '91 |
Universal |
01 Dec 2020 |
Home of the KGB |
Universal |
30 Nov 2020 |
Cold War country |
USA Today |
21 Nov 2020 |
"A Gentleman in Moscow" setting, briefly |
Universal |
30 Oct 2020 |
Cold War letters |
The Washington Post |
21 Oct 2020 |
Cold War letters |
LA Times Daily |
21 Oct 2020 |
World power from 1922-1991 |
USA Today |
20 Oct 2020 |
"Back in the ___," Beatles song |
|
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KGB state, once |
Universal |
06 Oct 2020 |
Khrushchev's fed |
Premier Sunday |
04 Oct 2020 |
"Back in the ___," Beatles' song: Abbr. |
|
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Pre-'91 superpower |
Premier Sunday |
20 Sep 2020 |
Red letters? |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Sep 2020 |
Country in a Beatles song |
The Washington Post |
10 Aug 2020 |
Country in a Beatles song |
LA Times Daily |
10 Aug 2020 |
Cold War-era letters |
Newsday |
02 Aug 2020 |
"Back in the ___," Beatles song |
|
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KGB organizer |
Newsday |
24 Jul 2020 |
"Back in the ___" (Beatles' song): Abbr. |
|
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Confederation that included Latvia, for short |
Universal |
11 Jul 2020 |
Cold War side |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Jul 2020 |
Red state, once, for short |
New York Times |
07 Jul 2020 |
Geographical inits. until 1991 |
New York Times |
30 Jun 2020 |
World power initials until 1991 |
The Washington Post |
28 Jun 2020 |
World power initials until 1991 |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2020 |
Curses are oddly dropped where 22 across was once opposed |
|
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Mir launcher: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
04 Jun 2020 |
Mir launcher: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2020 |
Cold War initials |
Universal |
31 May 2020 |
Red states, once |
Wall Street Journal |
26 May 2020 |
Red states, once |
New York Times |
23 May 2020 |
Former UN member |
Newsday |
22 May 2020 |
KGB’s base |
Wall Street Journal |
12 May 2020 |
Founding member of the U.N. Security Council, for short |
New York Times |
26 Apr 2020 |
Cold War initials |
Family Time |
23 Mar 2020 |
What Russia used to be |
Family Time |
02 Mar 2020 |
'84 Olympics no-show |
Family Time |
24 Feb 2020 |
Georgia was once a part of it |
New York Times |
14 Feb 2020 |
Khrushchev’s country: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Feb 2020 |
44-Across' land: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
04 Feb 2020 |
44-Across' land: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
04 Feb 2020 |
"Back in the ___" (Beatles song) |
|
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Khrushchev's country |
USA Today |
30 Dec 2019 |
KGB country |
LA Times Daily |
19 Dec 2019 |
KGB country |
The Washington Post |
19 Dec 2019 |
Bloc letters until 1991 |
The Washington Post Sunday |
01 Dec 2019 |
Cold War nation: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Nov 2019 |
Setting of HBO's 'Chernobyl' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Nov 2019 |
The Beatles' "Back in the ___" |
|
|
The Beatles' 'Back in the ___' |
New York Times |
30 Oct 2019 |
Defunct Asian country, briefly |
Universal |
22 Oct 2019 |
CCCP, to the West |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2019 |
World power until 1991, briefly |
USA Today |
20 Sep 2019 |
MiG developer |
The Washington Post |
19 Sep 2019 |
MiG developer |
LA Times Daily |
19 Sep 2019 |
'Back in the ___' (Beatles song) |
Jonesin |
17 Sep 2019 |
Khrushchev's country: Abbr |
Universal |
11 Sep 2019 |
Space Race inits |
LA Times Daily |
05 Sep 2019 |
Space Race inits |
The Washington Post |
05 Sep 2019 |
Second country to develop the atom bomb |
Family Time |
02 Sep 2019 |
Red letters? |
New York Times |
25 Aug 2019 |
Cold War adversary: Abbr |
Newsday |
20 Aug 2019 |
Pre-'91 world power |
Premier Sunday |
11 Aug 2019 |
Georgia used to be part of it |
Jonesin |
06 Aug 2019 |
World power until '91 |
Premier Sunday |
28 Jul 2019 |
Atlas abbr. before 1991 |
Family Time |
28 Jul 2019 |
Allegiance of "The Americans" on TV, ironically |
Universal |
16 Jul 2019 |
State led by Lenin, in brief |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2019 |
Cold War country: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jul 2019 |
Cold War country: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
09 Jul 2019 |
Country in a Beatles title |
The Washington Post |
05 Jul 2019 |
Country in a Beatles title |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2019 |
'The Evil Empire' (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
03 Jul 2019 |
"Back in the ___" (Beatles hit) |
Universal |
30 Jun 2019 |
Former superpower's letters |
Family Time |
23 Jun 2019 |
Superpower until '91 |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2019 |
Space Race competitor |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2019 |
Gorbachev's land: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
27 May 2019 |
''Rocky IV'' setting |
Newsday |
11 May 2019 |
"Back in the ___," Beatles song |
|
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Largest country until late '91 |
Universal |
20 Apr 2019 |
Map initials until 1991 |
Universal |
14 Apr 2019 |
KGB's country |
Newsday |
20 Mar 2019 |
Cold War inits |
Universal |
03 Mar 2019 |
SALT signatory |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2019 |
Cold War power: Abbr |
The Washington Post |
19 Feb 2019 |
Cold War power: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2019 |
Setting of several Solzhenitsyn novels |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Feb 2019 |
Estonia's former bloc, briefly |
USA Today |
28 Jan 2019 |
WWII ally |
Newsday |
10 Jan 2019 |
Superpower until '91 |
|
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Pres. Putin was born in it |
|
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Cold War power: Abbr. |
|
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Cold War inits. |
|
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Space Race inits. |
|
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Cold War country: Abbr. |
|
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World power until 1991, briefly |
|
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Country in a Beatles title |
|
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SALT signatory |
|
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Red letters? |
|
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State led by Lenin, in brief |
|
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"Back in the ___" (Beatles hit) |
|
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Allegiance of "The Americans" on TV, ironically |
|
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Cold War initials |
|
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Defunct Asian country, briefly |
|
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Khrushchev's country: Abbr. |
|
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Largest country until late '91 |
|
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Map initials until 1991 |
|
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Gorbachev's land: Abbr. |
|
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MiG developer |
|
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World power initials until 1991 |
|
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"The Evil Empire" (Abbr.) |
|
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CCCP, to the West |
|
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Estonia's former bloc, briefly |
|
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Cold war country which is actually cold: Abbr. |
|
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Space Race contender |
Newsday |
13 Dec 2018 |
'Evil Empire,' per RWR |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Dec 2018 |
Dissolved bloc (abbr.) |
Universal |
12 Nov 2018 |
Former map letters |
Universal |
25 Oct 2018 |
UN member, 1945-1991 |
Newsday |
07 Oct 2018 |
He might provide assistance after a crash |
New York Times |
30 Sep 2018 |
Land in a Beatles song |
New York Times |
26 Sep 2018 |
Map initials no more |
Universal |
20 Sep 2018 |
Russians dismiss a sin by old European empire, initially |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Sep 2018 |
'Back in the __' |
The Washington Post |
02 Sep 2018 |
"Back in the __" |
LA Times Daily |
02 Sep 2018 |
1922-91 initials |
New York Times |
09 Aug 2018 |
It broke up in 1991 (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2018 |
American ally in W.W. II |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2018 |
Country in a Beatles title |
New York Times |
28 Jun 2018 |
World power until 1991 (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
28 Jun 2018 |
Big part of old maps |
Universal |
26 Jun 2018 |
It's Russia now |
Family Time |
04 Jun 2018 |
Dissolver of Dec. 1991 |
Universal |
27 May 2018 |
World power until 1991 |
Universal |
20 May 2018 |
It broke up in 1991 |
The Washington Post Sunday |
13 May 2018 |
Nation of Trump senior, a major power no more |
|
|
Old map abbr |
Universal |
28 Apr 2018 |
Eastern Bloc letters until 1991 |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2018 |
Khrushchev's country: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Apr 2018 |
Russia, pre-1991 |
Universal |
18 Mar 2018 |
TASS country |
The Washington Post |
08 Mar 2018 |
TASS country |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2018 |
70-Down launcher |
The Washington Post |
04 Mar 2018 |
70-Down launcher |
LA Times Daily |
04 Mar 2018 |
Cold War country |
Universal |
17 Feb 2018 |
It dissolved on 12/31/91 |
Universal |
08 Feb 2018 |
Gorbachev's land: Abbr |
LA Times Daily |
04 Feb 2018 |
'Miracle on Ice' loser |
The Washington Post |
27 Jan 2018 |
"Miracle on Ice" loser |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2018 |
KGB's place |
USA Today |
03 Jan 2018 |
Land in a Beatles song |
|
|
World power until 1991 |
|
|
Old map abbr. |
|
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Map initials no more |
|
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1922-91 initials |
|
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American ally in W.W. II |
|
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Collapsed red giant? |
|
|
Country in a Beatles title |
|
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It dissolved on 12/31/91 |
|
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Former map letters |
|
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Dissolver of Dec. 1991 |
|
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Dissolved bloc (abbr.) |
|
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Cold War country |
|
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Big part of old maps |
|
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World power until 1991 (Abbr.) |
|
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KGB's place |
|
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It broke up in 1991 (Abbr.) |
|
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"Miracle on Ice" loser |
|
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Nat. where Putin was born |
|
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Eastern Bloc letters until 1991 |
|
|
"Evil Empire," per RWR |
|
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Khrushchev's country: Abbr. |
|
|
Old atlas abbr. |
|
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Nation that was once led by Stalin: Abbr. |
|
|
Russia, once |
Universal |
06 Dec 2017 |
Former world power, for short |
Jonesin |
05 Dec 2017 |
Cold War participant |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Nov 2017 |
Superpower of old |
Universal |
22 Nov 2017 |
KGB's country |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Nov 2017 |
Brezhnev's fed |
Premier Sunday |
15 Oct 2017 |
Setting of the 1942 book 'Behind the Urals' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
08 Oct 2017 |
Group of red states, for short?: Abbr. |
|
|
Mir launcher |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Sep 2017 |
Ger. invaded it in June 1941 |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Sep 2017 |
Sputnik launcher, briefly |
USA Today |
26 Jul 2017 |
"Back in the ___" |
Universal |
21 Jul 2017 |
Country renamed in 1991 |
Universal |
11 Jul 2017 |
Stalin's fed |
Premier Sunday |
09 Jul 2017 |
Former Communist country |
Universal |
05 Jul 2017 |
Foe in a four-plus-decade 'war' |
The Washington Post |
17 Jun 2017 |
Foe in a four-plus-decade "war" |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jun 2017 |
'Back in the ___' (Beatles tune) |
Jonesin |
30 May 2017 |
"Back in the ___," Beatles song |
|
|
Cold War initials |
USA Today |
11 Apr 2017 |
Cold War superpower |
|
|
It dissolved in Dec. 1991 |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Feb 2017 |
Former world power, briefly |
Universal |
05 Feb 2017 |
Former superpower |
Newsday |
27 Jan 2017 |
Signer of the SALT agreements |
The Washington Post |
21 Jan 2017 |
Russia, once |
|
|
Country renamed in 1991 |
|
|
Superpower of old |
|
|
Sputnik launcher, briefly |
|
|
"Back in the ___" |
|
|
Foe in a four-plus-decade "war" |
|
|
Cold War initials |
|
|
Cold War initials |
|
|
Former Communist country |
|
|
Former communist state |
Universal |
01 Dec 2016 |
Second country to develop the atom bomb |
Universal |
26 Nov 2016 |
Khrushchev's country |
Universal |
08 Oct 2016 |
Fed. of Brezhnev |
Premier Sunday |
02 Oct 2016 |
World power inits. until '91 |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2016 |
Former communist country |
Universal |
23 Sep 2016 |
Country mentioned on the Beatles' 'White Album' |
The Washington Post |
14 Sep 2016 |
America's Cold War foe, for short |
New York Times |
05 Sep 2016 |
Former world power |
Universal |
04 Sep 2016 |
Lenin's land, for short |
Universal |
08 Aug 2016 |
Pre-1991 world power |
Universal |
05 Aug 2016 |
Nation in stunning 1991 news |
Universal |
01 Aug 2016 |
Superpower no more |
Universal |
23 Jul 2016 |
Atlas initials until 1991 |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2016 |
1991 breakup site |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jul 2016 |
Gorbachev's nation: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jul 2016 |
Space race competitor, for short |
New York Times |
23 May 2016 |
Onetime NATO target |
The Washington Post |
16 May 2016 |
SALT I participant |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2016 |
Country in a classic Beatles title |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2016 |
Where to 'hear your balalaikas ringing out,' in a Beatles tune |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
25 Mar 2016 |
Former gp. of red states? |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
11 Mar 2016 |
"Miracle On Ice" losing team |
Universal |
26 Feb 2016 |
Former Soviet inits |
Universal |
15 Feb 2016 |
Gorbachev's country, once |
The Washington Post |
05 Feb 2016 |
Amer. ally in WWII |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2016 |
SALT party |
USA Today |
23 Jan 2016 |
Country featured in a Beatles song |
Universal |
22 Jan 2016 |
Finishes tiramisu, brownies, macaroons from recipe in old part of Eastern Europe |
Irish Times Crosaire |
16 Jan 2016 |
Let out of Ulster's old empire in the east |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Jan 2016 |
SALT party |
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Stalin's domain |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2016 |
Amer. ally in WWII |
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SALT I participant |
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Atlas initials until 1991 |
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Country featured in a Beatles song |
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Former Soviet inits. |
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Former communist country |
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Pre-1991 world power |
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Second country to develop the atom bomb |
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Superpower no more |
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Former gp. of red states? |
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Where to "hear your balalaikas ringing out," in a Beatles tune |
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Lenin's land, for short |
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Space race competitor, for short |
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America's Cold War foe, for short |
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Nation in stunning 1991 news |
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'Back in the ' |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Dec 2015 |
KGB's home |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Dec 2015 |
Cold War inits |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Dec 2015 |
Kazakhstan was once part of it (abbr.) |
The Washington Post |
21 Dec 2015 |
Cold War power |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Nov 2015 |
KGB's nation |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Nov 2015 |
"Back in the ___" (Beatles jam) |
USA Today |
07 Nov 2015 |
Onetime USA foe |
USA Today |
06 Nov 2015 |
Moscow's land, once |
USA Today |
30 Oct 2015 |
Country established in 1922 and dissolved in 1991, in short |
Irish Times Simplex |
28 Sep 2015 |
Cold War country, briefly |
Universal |
26 Sep 2015 |
Cold War initials |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2015 |
Brezhnev's domain |
Universal |
15 Sep 2015 |
1991 breakup newsmaker |
New York Times |
13 Sep 2015 |
"Back in the ___" (Beatles tune) |
USA Today |
19 Aug 2015 |
Former association of communist republics |
Irish Times Simplex |
17 Aug 2015 |
Old map abbr |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Aug 2015 |
SALT talks participant |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Aug 2015 |
CIS predecessor |
USA Today |
19 Jul 2015 |
Moscow's land, once (Abbr.) |
Universal |
13 Jul 2015 |
CCCP, in English |
USA Today |
06 Jul 2015 |
Cold War participant |
USA Today |
27 Jun 2015 |
One 29-Across of the U.S. in W.W. II |
New York Times |
09 Jun 2015 |
BOAC flier's destination in a 1968 song |
LA Times Daily |
30 May 2015 |
Former communist country, briefly |
USA Today |
11 May 2015 |
Lenin's land, for short |
New York Times |
13 Apr 2015 |
Setting of the first Tintin comic |
Newsday |
11 Apr 2015 |
KGB funder |
Premier Sunday |
05 Apr 2015 |
Cold war inits |
Universal |
27 Mar 2015 |
Gorbachev's land, for short |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2015 |
UN member until 1991 |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2015 |
Cold War rival of the USA |
USA Today |
04 Mar 2015 |
Gorbachev's nation, once |
Universal |
26 Feb 2015 |
"Back in the ___" (Beatles jam) |
Universal |
08 Feb 2015 |
Gorbachev's land |
New York Times |
19 Jan 2015 |
Cold War abbr |
Premier Sunday |
18 Jan 2015 |
KGB's nation |
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Moscow's land, once |
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Former communist country, briefly |
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Moscow's land, once (Abbr.) |
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Gorbachev's nation, once |
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Former world power |
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Cold war inits. |
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Cold War country, briefly |
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Brezhnev's domain |
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"Back in the ___" (Beatles jam) |
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BOAC flier's destination in a 1968 song |
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Onetime USA foe |
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Cold War initials |
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Nation that banned "Doctor Zhivago": Abbr. |
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Former UN member |
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Setting of the first Tintin comic |
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UN member until 1991 |
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WWII ally |
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L.A. Olympics boycotter |
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Cold War adversary: Abbr. |
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Where The Beatles went "Back" to? |
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Beatles were "Back in" it |
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Beatles "Back in the ___" |
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Pre-'91 empire |
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KGB funder |
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Cold War abbr. |
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"Miracle on Ice" upset victims |
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Bloc that included modern Moldova |
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Federation satirized in "Animal Farm" |
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State that was the eventual result of the Russian Revolution: Abbr. |
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"Back in the ___" (Beatles jam) |
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"Back in the ___" (Beatles tune) |
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CCCP, in English |
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CIS predecessor |
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"Evil empire," to Pres. Reagan |
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It broke up in 1991 (abbr.) |
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World superpower until 1991 |
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Cold War rival of the USA |
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Cold War participant |
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One 29-Across of the U.S. in W.W. II |
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Lenin's land, for short |
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Gorbachev's land, for short |
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Gorbachev's land |
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1991 breakup newsmaker |
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"Back in the ___"" |
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"Back in the ___" |
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Russia was part of it |
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World power until 1991 |
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KGB creator |
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KGB's milieu |
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Empire until '91 |
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Miracle on Ice loser of '80 |
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Group of red states, for short? |
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Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty signatory, briefly |
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Lith. and Ukr. were part of it |
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World power until 1991: Abbr. |
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"Back in the ___" (Beatles song) |
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Cold War adversary |
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Cold War letters |
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Cold War principal |
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Russia, on old maps |
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Red giant that disintegrated? |
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"Miracle on Ice" losing team |
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Cold War foe, briefly |
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World power until 1991: Abbr. |
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Boycotter of the '84 L.A. Olympics |
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Vanished superpower |
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World power until 1991: Abbr. |
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Cold War rival of the USA |
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'84 Olympics boycotter |
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KGB country |
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'84 Olympics boycotter |
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1984 Olympics no-show |
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Initialism in a Beatles title |
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Country that launched Sputnik: Abbr. |
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Abbr. in outdated atlases |
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Brezhnev's land |
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Gorby's former domain |
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Billy Joel's Beatles cover "Back in the ___" |
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Sputnik's birthplace, for short |
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Khrushchev's land, for short |
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Now, it's just Russia |
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Cold War letters |
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It broke up in 1991 |
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Miracle on Ice loser of '80 |
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Where the Beatles were "Back in"? |
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Bygone U.N. member |
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BOAC destination in a Beatles hit |
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Bygone U.N. member |
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U.S. ally in WWII |
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Cold War country: Abbr. |
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Cold War opponent: Abbr. |
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Former geopolitical letters |
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KGB's country |
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"Back in the ___" |
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Apt anagram of "Russ." |
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Lenin's land |
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Stalin's land |
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1984 Summer Games boycotter |
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Brezhnev's land |
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Cold War letters |
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Cold War participant |
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It dissolved in Dec. 1991 |
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It dissolved in December 1991 |
|
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Letters for an ex-superpower |
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Nation that dissolved in 1991 |
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One-time Red giant |
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Red giant that's broken apart |
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SALT I signer |
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Software purchaser |
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"Miracle on Ice" losing team |
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Biggest breakup of 1991 |
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Former world power (Abbr.) |
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Gorbachev led it last |
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Gorbachev's former domain |
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Gorby's domain, once |
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It dissolved in December 1991 |
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Russia, once |
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It ceased to be in Dec. 1991 |
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Georgia was part of it: Abbr. |
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Cold War initials |
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Cold War country: Abbr. |
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Cold War inits. |
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"Evil empire" initials |
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Ally of E. Germany |
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Cold War initials |
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Cold War power, briefly |
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Khrushchev's country (abbr.) |
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UN member until '91 |
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Stalin's land, in brief |
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Five-Year Plan nation |
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Bygone national acronym |
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Superpower until 1991 |
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Warsaw Pact member |
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Space-race participant |
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Red power, initially |
|
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Pre-1991 atlas abbr. |
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Outdated globe letters |
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It broke up in 1991: Abbr. |
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Georgia was a part of it: Abbr. |
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Cold War initials |
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1979 Afghanistan invader: Abbr. |
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Mir launcher |
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SALT party |
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Cold-war inits. |
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Political org. until 1991 |
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Russia, before 1991 |
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1980 Olympics host |
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Boycotter in 1984 headlines |
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One of the WWII Allies |
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Pre-1991 atlas abbr. |
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Red state, formerly |
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Old map initials |
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WWII power |
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SALT participant |
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Old map initials |
|
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Former Russian nation: Abbr. |
|
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Sputnik launcher |
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"Back in the___" (1968 song) |
|
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Reagan's "evil empire" |
|
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Mir launcher |
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"Miracle on Ice" opponent |
|
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Gorbachev's nation |
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1984 summer Olympics no-show |
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Former Security Council member |
|
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Sputnik launcher |
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Country founded in 1922 (abbr.) |
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Cold War inits. |
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Old NATO target |
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Georgia was a part of it: Abbr. |
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Locale in a Beatles title |
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Reagan's "evil empire," for short |
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Red state, once |
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1979 Afghanistan invader: Abbr. |
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It broke up in 1991: Abbr. |
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Pre-1991 atlas abbr. |
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Pre-1991 atlas abbr. |
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"Back in the ___, you don't know how lucky you are, boy" |
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Pre-1991 superpower |
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Pre-'91 world power |
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Pre-'91 superpower |
|
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One-time Red giant (abbr.) |
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Brezhnev's initials? |
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"Back in the ___" (Beatles song) |
|
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"Back in the ___" |
|
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Fighter of a brutal and ineffective ten-year war in Afghanistan |
|
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Gorbachev's empire |
|
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"Back in the ___" (Beatles song) |
|
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"Back in the ___" (Beatles hit) |
|
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Red power, initially |
|
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Notable breakup of 1991 |
|
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Cold War foe, briefly |
|
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Cold War inits. |
|
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Sputnik launcher (Abbr.) |
|
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Cold War superpower |
|
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Pre-1991 superpower |
|
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Ex-superpower letters |
|
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"Back in the ___" (Beatles) |
|
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Amer. ally in W.W. II |
|
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Old NATO worry |
|
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"Evil empire" initials |
|
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Gorbachev's nation |
|
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Cold War letters |
|
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Treaty signer with Ger. in 1939 |
|
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1-Down's land |
|
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Red letters? |
|
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Political org. until 1991 |
|
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Old Eurasian letters |
|
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SALT party |
|
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Old Eurasian letters |
|
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Red giant, once? |
|
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Erstwhile empire, in brief |
|
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Country with a hammer-and-sickle flag, for short |
|
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Country that disappeared in '91 |
|
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Abbr. in old atlases |
|
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1984 Olympics boycotter |
|
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Cold war inits. |
|
|
Cold War letters |
|
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BOAC destination, in song |
|
|
Warsaw Pact country (Abbr.) |
|
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Political org. until 1991 |
|
|
Cold war initials |
|
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KGB's land |
|
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Gorbachev's fed. |
|
|
Letters on an old map |
|
|
"Evil empire" of the '80s |
|
|
Gp. dissolved 12/26/1991 |
|
|
Pres. Reagan's "evil empire" |
|
|
Empire until 1991: Abbr. |
|
|
Warsaw Pact nation |
|
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Former communist state |
|
|
Country in a Beatles song |
|
|
Cold War superpower |
|
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Brezhnev's land, in brief |
|
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1980 Winter Olympics host |
|
|
Khrushchev's country |
|
|
Former Eurasian superpower |
|
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Empire until 1991: Abbr. |
|
|
CCCP, in English |
|
|
Former part of 11-Down: Abbr. |
|
|
It disappeared on Dec. 26, 1991 |
|
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SALT talks participant |
|
|
Locale in a 1968 Beatles song |
|
|
The Beatles' "Back in the ___" |
|
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Pres. Reagan's "evil empire" |
|
|
Gp. dissolved 12/26/1991 |
|
|
Cold War letters |
|
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Warsaw Pact nation |
|
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State in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 |
|
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"Back in the ___" (Beatles song) |
|
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WWII U.S. ally |
|
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Fed. dissolved by the Belavezha Accords |
|
|
Cold War foe, briefly |
|
|
Cold-war adversary |
|
|
Red letters |
|
|
US' cold-war adversary |
|
|
One-time Red giant |
|
|
Gorbachev's country (abbr.) |
|
|
Cold War empire: Abbr. |
|
|
Zangief's country in "Street Fighter II" |
|
|
Russia was part of it |
|
|
Nation in Dec. 1991 news |
|
|
20th-c. nation |
|
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Erstwhile power |
|
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Lenin's land |
|
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SALT superpower |
|
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Warsaw Pact nation |
|
|
World power until '91 |
|
|
Nation in Dec. 1991 news |
|
|
56-Across's cold war foe |
|
|
Old atlas initials |
|
|
Nation that dissolved in 1991 |
|
|
Notable break-up of 1991 |
|
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Soyuz 1 launcher |
|
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Warsaw Treaty Org. member |
|
|
Old atlas initials |
|
|
Country estab. in 1922 |
|
|
See 4-Down |
|
|
Where "the Ukraine girls really knock me out" |
|
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Mir launcher |
|
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1984 Summer Olympics boycotter |
|
|
Superpower that dissolved in the 1990s |
|
|
Moscow's former country: Abbr. |
|
|
Cold War participant: abbr. |
|
|
Cold war foe, for short |
|
|
Moscow's fed., once |
|
|
CIS forerunner |
|
|
Old UN member |
|
|
Russia was part of it (abbr.) |
|
|
KGB's place |
|
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WWII ally |
|
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START I treaty party |
|
|
Red giant now in pieces? |
|
|
Khrushchev's home |
|
|
KGB locale |
|
|
It died in 1991 |
|
|
Cold War country |
|
|
"Back in the ___" |
|
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WWII U.S. ally |
|
|
U.N. member until 1991 |
|
|
SALT talks participant |
|
|
SALT signer |
|
|
SALT participant |
|
|
Former world power, briefly |
|
|
Former communist country, briefly |
|
|
Former GDR ally |
|
|
'84 Olympics boycotter |
|
|
"Back in the ___" |
|
|
Cold War initials |
|
|
"Back in the __" |
|
|
World power until 1991 |
|
|
Amer. WWII ally |
|
|
Old atlas abbr. |
|
|
"Back in the ___" (Beatles hit) |
|
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Cosigner of the ABM Treaty |
|
|
Moscow was its cap. |
|
|
Warsaw Pact land |
|
|
Home to every undisputed world chess champions during the 1950's and 1960's |
|
|
Cold War letters |
|
|
CIS predecessor |
|
|
KGB country |
|
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Stalingrad's land, for short |
|
|
Reagan's "evil empire" |
|
|
Soyuz launcher |
|
|
Five-Year Plan empire |
|
|
Extinct red giant |
|
|
Boycotter of the L.A. Games |
|
|
Old atlas abbr. |
|
|
Country founded in 1922 |
|
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Warsaw Pact member (Abbr.) |
|
|
CIS predecessor |
|
|
Focus of a big breakup in '91 |
|
|
"Miracle on Ice" losing team |
|
|
Amer. WWII ally |
|
|
Ex-UN member |
|
|
Cold War superpower |
|
|
CIS predecessor |
|
|
'84 Olympics boycotter |
|
|
Land in a Beatles song |
|
|
Khrushchev's country: Abbr. |
|
|
Cold War power |
|
|
WWII U.S. ally |
|
|
Ray Stevens' "Surfin' ___" |
|
|
Locale in a Beatles song |
|
|
Five-Year Plan implementer, for short |
|
|
Warsaw Treaty Org. member |
|
|
Country featured in a Beatles song |
|
|
Red letters? |
|
|
SALT participant |
|
|
Brezhnev's fed. |
|
|
U.S. ally in WWII |
|
|
SALT signer |
|
|
Mir launcher |
|
|
Cold War letters |
|
|
20th-cen. superpower |
|
|
Yalta conf. locale |
|
|
Old atlas abbr. |
|
|
Moscow was its cap. |
|
|
Mir launcher |
|
|
Cold War inits. |
|
|
Space race participant |
|
|
Soyuz 1 launcher |
|
|
Cold war superpower |
|
|
Mir launcher |
|
|
Former Olympic team |
|
|
Warsaw Pact land |
|
|
Outdated globe letters |
|
|
Warsaw Treaty Org. member |
|
|
Mir launcher |
|
|
KGB country |
|
|
Cold War letters |
|
|
Cold War inits. |
|
|
Cold War empire: Abbr. |
|
|
20th-cen. superpower |
|
|
One-time superpower |
|
|
WWII power |
|
|
WWII U.S. ally |
|
|
Once-mighty initials |
|
|
Politburo letters |
|
|
RWR's "evil empire" |
|
|
1984 Summer Games boycotter |
|
|
Country dissolved Dec. 8, 1991 |
|
|
1984 Summer Games boycotter |
|
|
Former Red giant |
|
|
It broke up in Dec. of '91 |
|
|
The KGB's country |
|
|
U.S. ally in W.W. II |
|
|
"Evil empire" of the '80s |
|
|
The Olympics' 1980 host and 1984 boycotter |
|
|
Sputnik launcher |
|
|
Cold War abbr. |
|
|
KGB funder |
|
|
Brezhnev's land, in brief |
|
|
"Red" letters |
|
|
See 1-Across |
|
|
Cold War inits. |
|
|
1984 Summer Olympics boycotter |
|
|
"Back in the ___" (Beatles song) |
|
|
Stalin's empire |
|
|
Country in a Beatle song |
|
|
Cold War bloc |
|
|
Five-Year Plan empire |
|
|
Mir launcher |
|
|
UN member until 1991 |
|
|
USA rival in the Cold War |
|
|
Bygone atlas listing |
|
|
Mir launcher |
|
|
Largest country, once (abbr.) |
|
|
Cold War participant |
|
|
Former UN member |
|
|
CIS precursor |
|
|
SALT talks participant |
|
|
Intl. power, once |
|
|
Cold War inits. |
|
|
Old polit. letters |
|
|
Red letters? |
|
|
SALT signatory |
|
|
Bloc letters, once |
|
|
Former U.N. power |
|
|
SALT talks participant |
|
|
Stalin's empire |
|
|
SALT signer |
|
|
Letters on an old Asian map |
|
|
Cold War side |
|
|
1980 Summer Olympics host |
|
|
Bloc that dissolved in 1991 |
|
|
1984 Olympics no-show |
|
|
SALT signer |
|
|
Sputnik launcher |
|
|
Mir launcher |
|
|
U.N. member through 1991 |
|
|
SALT I signer |
|
|
Gorbachev was its last leader: Abbr. |
|
|
Former empire inits. |
|
|
Cold war initials |
|
|
15-Down rival, once |
|
|
Brezhnev's empire |
|
|
WWII ally |
|
|
Old map letters |
|
|
HUAC concern |
|
|
Pre-1991 atlas abbr. |
|
|
Red letters? |
|
|
Soyuz launcher |
|
|
"Back in the __" |
|
|
Bloc that dissolved in 1991 |
|
|
"Back in the ___": Beatles |
|
|
Gorby's domain |
|
|
Cold War rival: Abbr. |
|
|
Cold War rival: Abbr. |
|
|
"Back in the ___": Beatles |
|
|
"Back in the __" |
|
|
Warsaw Pact country |
|
|
Superpower until 1991 |
|
|
SALT signer |
|
|
Cold War rival: Abbr. |
|
|
Old NATO concern |
|
|
George Kennan specialty |
|
|
Pre-1992 map abbr. |
|
|
1984 summer Olympics no-show |
|
|
Beatles song "Back in the ___" |
|
|
Former Olympics powerhouse |
|
|
Cold War power |
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Where Gorbachev ruled |
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SALT I signer |
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Onetime UN power |
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Soyuz launcher |
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SALT signatory |
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Old map letters |
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Cold War abbr. |
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Red giant now broken up |
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KGB whereabouts |
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Old map letters |
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Gorbachev's nation |
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Pre-1991 world power |
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Sputnik launcher |
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Locale in a Beatles title spot |
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Sputnik launcher: Abbr. |
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Ctry. announcing an Olympic pull-out on 5/7/84 |
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Land in a Beatles song |
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Gorby's domain |
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Sputnik launcher: Abbr. |
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Tass country: Abbr. |
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World power until '91 |
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Tass country: Abbr. |
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Reagan's "Evil Empire" (abbr.) |
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Nation that dissolved in 1991 |
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Khrushchev's land (abbr.) |
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WWII power |
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Land in a Beatles song |
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Red giant that's broken apart |
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Moscow was its cap. |
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Former U.N. power |
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Locale in a Beatles song |
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World power until '91 |
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Its parts included an Arm. and a Lat. |
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Former map initials |
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Former map initials |
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Russia, of yesterday |
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Red letters? |
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W.W. II ally |
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Russia, before 1991 |
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Ctry. announcing an Olympic pull-out on 5/7/84 |
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Atlas abbr. until 1991 |
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J.F.K. adversary |
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SALT party |
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Nikita's realm, once |
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Cold War concern |
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Cold War rival (Abbr.) |
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Former red giant? |
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Locale in a Beatles song title |
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Old atlas abbreviation |
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SALT party |
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Former UN Security Council member |
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Former UN Security Council member |
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Atlas abbr. until 1991 |
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SALT party |
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Former UN Security Council member |
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Former UN power |
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Cold War rival of the USA |
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Former empire |
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Where Kalinin was pres. |
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Former power |
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WWII ally |
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Khrushchev's country: Abbr. |
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Cold war country: Abbr. |
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Stalin's domain |
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Soviet Union, briefly |
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Khrushchev's domain |
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Former map letters |
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Former UN member |
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Country in a 1969 Beatles song |
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Khrushchev's country: Abbr. |
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WWII ally |
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WWII power |
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Place in a Beatles title |
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Beatles' "Back in the __" |
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Moscow's land, once: Abbr. |
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It's Russia now |
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NATO target |
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"Back in the ___": Beatles |
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Sputnik's birthplace |
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Cold war rival: Abbr. |
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Letters on old maps |
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Country founded in 1922: Abbr. |
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Cold War country |
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Former U.N. member |
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Former map abbr. |
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It dissolved in December 1991 |
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The Beatles' "Back in the ___" |
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Cold War foe |
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Cold war country: Abbr. |
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Cold war rival: Abbr. |
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Country in a 1969 Beatles song title |
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Letters on an old map of Asia |
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Cold war foe |
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Former "evil empire" |
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Former empire |
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Beatles' hit "Back in the ___" |
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Former super power, briefly |
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Cold War gp. |
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Former superpower |
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Former world power: abbr. |
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Stalin's domain |
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Former world power, shortly |
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Communist powerhouse, once |
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Cold War power |
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Frequent David Remnick topic |
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Tass country |
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Five-Year Plan nation |
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CCCP, to us |
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1980 Olympics host |
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Russia, once |
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World power, once |
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Five-Year Plan nation |
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World power until '91 |
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Cold War gp. |
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Cold War participant |
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Former geopolitical initials |
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Stalin's domain: Abbr. |
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Cold War power |
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1968 Beatles' hit "Back in the ___" |
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Country in a Beatles song title |
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Cosmonaut's country, for short |
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20th C. superpower |
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"Evil Empire," according to Reagan |
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"Back in the ___" (Beatles tune) |
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It became the CIS |
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Nation in Dec. 1991 news |
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Superpower until 1991 |
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CIS precursor (5) |
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Country in a "White Album" title |
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It's been dead a decade |
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Kamchatka to Kaliningrad, once |
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Onetime rival of 25 Down |
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UN member until 1991 |
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Cold War country, briefly |
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Gorbachev's country: Abbr. |
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Locale in a Beatles title |
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Cold War power |
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Biggest breakup of 1991 |
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CCCP on 20th-century maps |
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Space race participant |
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Warsaw Pact land |
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SALT signatory |
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Khrushchev's concern |
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UN member, once |
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"Back in the _____" (Beatles tune) |
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<I>Back in the ___<I> |
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Former UN power |
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"Back in the _____" (Beatles) |
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Stalin's empire, briefly |
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Khrushchev's land: Abbr. |
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Subject of a whimsical "White Album" tune |
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Fed. that dissolved in 1991 |
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Former superpower |
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It annexed Latvia in '40 |
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Cold War adversary |
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Russia was part of it: Abbr. |
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Subj. of a 1991 breakup |
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Cold War country, for short |
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Pre-CIS nation |
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Russia formerly |
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Beatles. hit Back in the ___ |
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It died in 1991 at the age of 68 |
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Atlas abbr. before 1991 |
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It dissolved in Dec. '91 |
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Pre-1991 superpower |
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Pre-1991 world power |
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World power until '91 |
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Brezhnev's land |
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CCCP, in English |
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Former map abbr. |
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Khrushchev's country |
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Cold war superpower |
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Russia used to be a part of it (abbr.) |
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'84 Olymmpics no-show |
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"Evil Empire" |
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"The Evil Empire" |
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Collapsed empire |
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Former Soviet inits. |
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Reagan's "Evil Empire" |
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"Back in the _____" (Beatles jam) |
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Beatles song "Back in the _____" |
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Dec. 1991 newsmaker |
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Lenin's land: Abbr. |
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Khrushchev's realm: Abbr. |
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Former Warsaw Pact nation |
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Former geopolitical initials |
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Once powerful ltrs. |
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Former federation |
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Former world power, for short |
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Atlas abbr. before 1991 |
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Former Warsaw Pact member |
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Gorbachev was its last pres. |
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Initials on old maps |
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One of the Allies of W.W. II |
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Where Gorbachev ruled: Abbr. |
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Country in a Beatles song |
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Former gt. power |
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Former rival of the USA |
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1984 Olympics boycotter |
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Former G.D.R. ally |
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1980 Olympics host |
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It broke up in Dec. 1991 |
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Stalin's domain |
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Pre-1991 atlas abbr. |
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Gorby's crumbled empire: abbr. |
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Russia at one point |
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Warsaw Pact country: abbr. |
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Gorby's realm, once: Abbr. |
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Former Russ. federation |
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Stalin's map: Abbr. |
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Former Red letters |
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Former Eurasian superpower |
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Former UN intials |
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Cold War enemy |
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Nation disbanded in 1991 |
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Stalin's gov. |
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C.I.S. predecessor |
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Warsaw Pact country |
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Former UN member |
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Aka CCCP |
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Now CIS |
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Stalin's realm |
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Once-mighty initials |
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Bear country? |
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90-Down's land |
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1980 Olympics host |
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The Beatles' "Back in the ____" |
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Stalin's land |
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CCCP was on its stamps |
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Red letters |
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Powers' crash site: abbr. |
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Lenin's land: Abbr. |
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Country in a 1969 Beatles song |
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UN group of yore |
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Ex-superpower |
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SALT participant |
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Space race participant |
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C.I.S., once |
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Stalin ruled it |
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Former inits. in Kiev |
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Former largest nation, for short |
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Rus., Ukr., etc., once |
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Gorby's domain, once |
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Former world pwr. |
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"Back in the ___": Beatles |
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Khrushchev's land: Abbr. |
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It's now C.I.S. |
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Former cold-war antagonist |
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U.N. member |
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Where the Ussuri flows |
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U.N. Security Council member |
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K.G.B. country |
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A neighbor of Pol. |
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Home of the K.G.B. |
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Korbut's homeland: Abbr. |
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"Red" initials |
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World's largest land |
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Warsaw Pact participant |
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An Afg. neighbor |
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Buryat Republic's locale |
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Sputnik's birthplace |
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Russia's locale |
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"Back in the ___" (Beatles) |
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Gorbachev's country: Abbr. |
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Eurasian nation: Abbr. |
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Superpower's initials |
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"Back in the __" (Beatles) |
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Bearish initials |
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Largest nation: Abbr. |
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Member of the U.N. |
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World's largest country |
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Land of bears? |
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Georgia's loc. |
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Muscovite's home |
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Security Council mem. |
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Kazakh, Uzbeck et al. |
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World's largest oil producer |
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Cold-war adversary |
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U.N. nation |
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Initials since 1922 |
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Helsinki signatory |
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World power |
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U.N. power |
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Crimea's locale |
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U.S.A. rival |
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Gymnast Korbut's homeland |
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Sputnik's bpl. |
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Neighbor of Afgh. |
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World power |
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Moscow's domain |
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U. N. member |
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Neighbor of Pol. |
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Kremlin initials |
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Eur. country |
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China's neighbor |
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Gromyko's land: Abbr. |
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Eur. power |
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Vodka-land initials |
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Eur. land |
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World power: Abbr. |
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Neighbor of Hung. |
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Where Archangel is |
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Poland's neighbor: Abbr. |
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Great power |
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Where the Dnieper flows |
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U.N. initials |
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Eur. state |
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Home of 56 Across: Abbr. |
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Georgia, etc.: Abbr. |
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Archangel's country: Abbr. |
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U. N. member. |
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U. N. initials. |
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Shostakovich's land. |
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Neighbor of China. |
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Familiar initials. |
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U.N. member. |
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Initials of a country. |
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Initials in the headlines. |
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Large land mass. |
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Where the Don flows: Abbr. |
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Initials in the news. |
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Nureyev's land. |
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Leonov's land. |
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Pasternak's country: Abbr. |
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Winter Olympics winner. |
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China's neighbor. |
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Home of ballet. |
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Kohler's post. |
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Where Georgia is: Abbr. |
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Sputnik land. |
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Security Council member. |
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Initials in the headlines |
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Amb. Thompson's post. |
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Eastern nation: Abbr. |
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Home of the borzoi. |
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Home of the Reds. |
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See 51 Across. |
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Hammer and sickle monogram. |
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Kremlin monogram. |
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Initials in U. N. |
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Hammer and sickle land. |
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Hammer and sickle. |
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Country in headlines. |
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Armenia, Georgia, Moldavia, etc. |
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Part of the globe. |
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Gargantuan land. |
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Uzbek, Tadzhik, et al. |
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Sputnik's birthplace. |
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Country. |
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Country of the sudden shake-up. |
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Uzbek, Tajik, etc. |
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Llewellyn Thompson's new post. |
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The Great Enigma. |
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Amb. Bohlen's post. |
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Land of B and K. |
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Member nation of the U. N. |
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Communist stronghold. |
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Home of the M. V. D. |
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Manufacturer of Iron Curtains. |
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Part of the world in darkness. |
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Home of N. K. V. D. |
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Red letters of a grim power. |
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Turkomen, Uzbek, etc. |
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Malik's land. |
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Malik's country. |
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Sixteen constituent republics. |
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Member of the U. N. |
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Member of the Paris conference. |
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Soviet Union. |
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Upholder of veto right in U. N. |
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One of the Big Three: Initials. |
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UNO member. |
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Muzjik's habitat. |
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United Nation. |
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"Spies Like Us" setting |
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1960 European Championship winner |
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Country where Bernie Sanders honeymooned |
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Its flag had a hammer and sickle |
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Former state whose motto was "Workers of the world, unite!" |
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Its motto was "Workers of the world, unite!": Abbr. |
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Nation that launched the first satellite |
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"Rocky IV" setting |
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"Back in the ___" |
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"Red Heat" setting, briefly |
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"Rocky IV" setting: Abbr. |
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