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Orthographic projection of Greater Russia / Eurasia and near abroad
Dark redwood and maroon: the Soviet Union in 1945
(Maroon for Soviet territories never part of the Russian Empire: Tuva bordering Mongolia, Konigsberg region turned Kaliningrad enclave, and Zakarpattia, Lviv, Stanislav, and Ternopil regions in west Ukraine)
Cornell red: additional territory from the Russian Empire (Finland and Congress Poland)
Red (RGB): maximum extent of the Soviet near abroad, in 1955 (Warsaw Pact, Mongolia, and North Korea)
Imperial red: maximum extent of the Russian Empire's sphere of influence after the sale of Alaska, in 1867
Some have seen the Soviet Union as effectively being a Greater Russia due to the dominance of Russian political interests in the state. The idea of a Greater Russia has important relevance in modern-day Russian politics, as expanding the Russian state to include Moldova, Ukraine and the Baltic states) to have their people reintegrated with Russia. In more extreme cases the claimed territories include all areas once owned by the Russian Empire despite lack of Russian presence, such as Finland and Poland.
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