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| | Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The territory of the Soviet Union varied, and in its most recent times approximately corresponded to that of the late Imperial Russia, with notable exclusions of Poland and Finland. |
 | | After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian Federation claimed to be the legal successor to the Soviet Union on the international stage despite its loss of superpower status. |
 | | 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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