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| | Soviet Union - Anarchopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | At that time, republics were technically independent one from another but their governments acted in close coordination, as directed by the CPSU leadership. |
 | | The major proportion of the population were Russians (about 53.4 percent, 1970 census); there were also Ukrainians (16.9 percent), Uzbeks (3.8 percent) and many other nationalities. |
 | | The Soviet Union was so large, in fact, that even after all associated republics gained independence, Russia remained the largest country by area, and still remains quite ethnically diverse, including, e.g., minorities of Tatars, Udmurts, and many other non-Russian ethnicities. |
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