Soviet Union And Satellite States Map
The map above illustrates the manner in which satellite states were created by the soviet union.
Soviet union and satellite states map. From it emerged russia the russian federation and a number of independent countries in central asia and eastern europe shown in greens in the map. The story of two countries will serve to illustrate the nature of the soviet takeover. Map is showing the soviet union the former country partly in eastern europe and northern asia was established in 1922 and dissolved in 1991. Nominally a union of multiple national soviet republics in practice its government and economy were highly centralized until its final years.
Interactive maps of former satellite states of the soviet union. When the soviet union suffered from being invaded twice by germany one in 1914 and again in 1941 joseph stalin created the soviet satellite states as buffer zones between the enemy country and the controlling nation over the satellites. In december of 1991 the soviet union the union of soviet socialist republics or u s s r was officially dissolved. When the mongolian revolution of 1921 broke out mongolian revolutionaries expelled russian white guards during the russian civil war of 1917 1923 following the communist october revolution of 1917 from mongolia with the assistance of the soviet red army the revolution also officially ended manchurian sovereignty over mongolia which had existed.
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