Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000 · THE MAP IN JAN 1980

Map of the Soviet Union in January 1980

Afghanistan invaded

The Soviet Union in January 1980: Afghanistan invaded. Since October 1964, 2 territories changed status on this map: Afghanistan and Iran.

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Map of the Soviet Union in January 1980: Afghanistan invaded. Colours show Western powers and allies, The USSR, then Russia, Soviet-bloc states. — JAN 1980 · REMAKING THE STATE: MEIJI JAPAN 1600–1912 AND POST-SOVIET RUSSIA 1964–2000

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The constituent Soviet republics use full successor-unit geographic references, with Crimea in Ukraine and the later Baikonur lease hole filled. Conflict hatches locate named territories and are excluded from sovereign-area accounting; source-date gaps are explicit.

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Layer records and reconstruction methods

What changes on the map

Afghanistan	Non-aligned or stateless → War, rebellion, breakaway
Iran	Western powers and allies → Non-aligned or stateless

The chapters of this moment

CH 7 — Brezhnev and the Era of Stagnation

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