Central Asia in 1942
1942 is the Axis at its greatest extent. This map shows the 11 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1942
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Communist Party of China
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Tibet
- Republic of China
- Mongolian People's Republic
- British Raj
- British Colonial Empire
- Kingdom of Iraq
- Nazi Germany
New on the map since 1917
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Communist Party of China · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Pahlavi Dynasty · Republic of China · Mongolian People's Republic · Kingdom of Iraq · Nazi Germany
Gone from the map by 1967
Communist Party of China · Tibet · Republic of China · British Raj · British Colonial Empire · Kingdom of Iraq · Nazi Germany
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Central Asia in other years
Other regions in 1942
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.