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Countries with parts formerly held by the Soviet Union

15 countries, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, tell its flag from three others, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The countries

1. 1Kazakhstan2,724,900 km²
2. 2Ukraine603,550 km²
3. 3Turkmenistan491,210 km²
4. 4Uzbekistan448,978 km²
5. 5Poland312,683 km²
6. 6Belarus207,597 km²
7. 7Kyrgyzstan199,951 km²
8. 8Tajikistan143,100 km²
9. 9Azerbaijan86,600 km²
10. 10Georgia69,700 km²
11. 11Lithuania65,300 km²
12. 12Latvia64,594 km²
13. 13Estonia45,335 km²
14. 14Moldova33,844 km²
15. 15Armenia29,743 km²

Area in km²: standard reference totals including inland water, as in the Countries set. The Soviet Union: places once under its rule and not now, from Wikidata’s dated country statements and colonial-empire membership, and the CIA World Factbook’s independence dates; military occupations of a few years are left out. A country counts when it, or any of its regions, dependencies, islands or cities, was held. Sources: Wikidata (CC0), Natural Earth 1:50m admin-0.

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