The Soviet Union under Stalin, 1924–1953 · THE MAP IN
Map of the Soviet Union in September 1945
Victory — the new frontiers and the new satellites · Stalin era
The Soviet Union in September 1945: Victory — the new frontiers and the new satellites. Since May 1944, 33 territories changed status on this map: including The Byelorussian SSR, Estonia, Latvia and 30 more.
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What changes on the map
| The Byelorussian SSR | Under German occupation → The Soviet Union |
| Estonia | Under German occupation → Annexed by the USSR, 1939–45 |
| Latvia | Under German occupation → Annexed by the USSR, 1939–45 |
| Lithuania | Under German occupation → Annexed by the USSR, 1939–45 |
| Bessarabia and the Moldavian ASSR (mod. Moldova) | Under German occupation → The Soviet Union |
| East Prussia (Kaliningrad from 1946) | Nazi Germany & its allies → Annexed by the USSR, 1939–45 |
| Transcarpathia (Carpathian Ruthenia) | Nazi Germany & its allies → Annexed by the USSR, 1939–45 |
| Tuva (Tannu Tuva People’s Republic) | Satellites & communist allies → Annexed by the USSR, 1939–45 |
| Poland | Nazi Germany & its allies → Satellites & communist allies |
| Romania | Nazi Germany & its allies → Satellites & communist allies |
| Bulgaria | Nazi Germany & its allies → Satellites & communist allies |
| Yugoslavia (Serbia) | Nazi Germany & its allies → Satellites & communist allies |
| Yugoslavia (Croatia) | Nazi Germany & its allies → Satellites & communist allies |
| Yugoslavia (Slovenia) | Nazi Germany & its allies → Satellites & communist allies |
| Yugoslavia (Bosnia) | Nazi Germany & its allies → Satellites & communist allies |
| Yugoslavia (Montenegro) | Nazi Germany & its allies → Satellites & communist allies |
| Yugoslavia (Macedonia) | Nazi Germany & its allies → Satellites & communist allies |
| Yugoslavia (Kosovo) | Nazi Germany & its allies → Satellites & communist allies |
| Albania | Nazi Germany & its allies → Satellites & communist allies |
| Korea (north) | Rivals & the Western bloc → Satellites & communist allies |
| Germany | Nazi Germany & its allies → Rivals & the Western bloc |
| Austria | Nazi Germany & its allies → Other states |
| Czechoslovakia (Czech lands) | Nazi Germany & its allies → Other states |
| Czechoslovakia (Slovakia) | Nazi Germany & its allies → Other states |
On the ground
- its western lands, Polish until 1939, were annexed by the USSR in November 1939
- Bessarabia and northern Bukovina, annexed from Romania in June 1940
- the Soviet zone of occupation, from October 1949 the German Democratic Republic
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