In the map above, from 1938, we can see that Soviet troops are clashing with Japan on the eastern edge of the country. The geopolitical history of the USSR is inexorably bound with territorial disputes with neighboring regions. This resulted in the unification of a number of republics to form the Soviet Union.Īfter a number of tumultuous years during the reign of Joseph Stalin, which include a devastating famine which killed millions of people, we arrive at our first snapshot in time: the late 1930s.įor more detail, view the full-sized version of this map A civil war between the Bolshevik Red Army and anti-Bolshevik forces across the region ended with the former coming out victorious. The USSR was first born in 1922, in the aftermath of the fallen Russian Empire. The disintegration of our united country was brought about by the historic, strategic mistakes on the part of Bolshevik and Soviet leaders the collapse of the historical Russia known as the USSR is on their conscience.įor anyone born after the 1970s, memories of that era range from hazy to non-existent, so it’s worth answering the question: What was the USSR anyway?īelow, we’ll use historical maps from three specific eras to build context for how the USSR was structured, which modern countries were a part of this sprawling country, and how its history relates to Russia’s present day pushes for territorial expansion. Since time immemorial, the people living in the south-west of what has historically been Russian land have called themselves Russians. It is an inalienable part of our own history, culture and spiritual space. ![]() Ukraine is not just a neighboring country for us. ![]() One prominent line of thinking is that Putin is looking to reclaim the territory lost after the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and the Russian leader’s own words appear to support this claim: The motivations of Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, are now the biggest unanswered question of this geopolitical event. The eyes of the world are now fixed on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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