Central Asia in 1923
1923 is the year of the Treaty of Lausanne. 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 1923
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Kuomintang
- Qajar Dynasty
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Tibet
- Great Mongol State
- British Raj
- British Africa
New on the map since 1898
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Kuomintang · Tibet · Great Mongol State · British Africa
Gone from the map by 1948
Kuomintang · Qajar Dynasty · Emirate of Afghanistan · Great Mongol State · British Raj · British Africa
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Central Asia in other years
Other regions in 1923
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.