THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · 1922–1991

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics appears on the map from 1922 to 1991. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1946, it covered about 24.60 million km².

One of the realms of Soviet Union (USSR). The Soviet Union grew out of the October Revolution of 1917, when Lenin's Bolsheviks seized power in Petrograd and then won a brutal civil war. In 1922 Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and the Transcaucasian republics formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, a one-party state run by the Communist Party from Moscow.

See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the map in 1946

Reference map: Map of the ethnic groups of the Soviet Union
Reference map: Map of the ethnic groups of the Soviet Union Claude Zygiel · CC BY-SA 4.0
On the map
1922–1991
Greatest extent
1946, about 24.60 million km²
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Wikipedia: Soviet Union · Wikidata Q15180

Territory through time

YearsArea drawn
1922–192321.21 million km²
1924–192521.55 million km²
1926–192821.62 million km²
1929–193121.62 million km²
1932–193521.45 million km²
1936–193921.45 million km²
194023.49 million km²
194123.49 million km²
194222.25 million km²
194320.61 million km²
194421.77 million km²
194523.12 million km²
194624.60 million km²
194723.83 million km²
194822.41 million km²
194922.29 million km²
1950–195222.29 million km²
1953–196821.98 million km²
1969–197221.98 million km²
1973–197521.98 million km²
1976–197821.98 million km²
1979–198221.98 million km²
1983–198621.98 million km²
1987–198921.98 million km²
199021.92 million km²
199121.92 million km²

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