Central Asia in 1920
This map shows the 8 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1920
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Republics of the Soviet Union
- Kuomintang
- Qajar Dynasty
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Tibet
- British Raj
- British Colonial Empire
- Georgia
New on the map since 1895
Republics of the Soviet Union · Kuomintang · Tibet · British Colonial Empire · Georgia
Gone from the map by 1945
Republics of the Soviet Union · Kuomintang · Qajar Dynasty · Emirate of Afghanistan · Georgia
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Other regions in 1920
The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.