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USSR

polity · 1920 AD–1993 AD

USSR, a polity recorded 1920 AD–1993 AD: 4 mapped boundaries, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1920 AD–1929 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1920 AD—
1938 AD–1944 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1938 AD—
1945 AD–1959 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1945 AD—
1960 AD–1993 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1960 AD—

Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.

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