Central Asia in 1945
1945 is the end of the Second World War. 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 1945
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Communist Party of China
- Republic of China
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Tibet
- East Turkestan Republic
- Mongolian People's Republic
- British Raj
- British Africa
- British Colonial Empire
New on the map since 1920
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Communist Party of China · Republic of China · Kingdom of Afghanistan · Pahlavi Dynasty · East Turkestan Republic · Mongolian People's Republic · British Africa
Gone from the map by 1970
Communist Party of China · Republic of China · Tibet · East Turkestan Republic · British Raj · British Africa · British Colonial Empire
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Central Asia in other years
Other regions in 1945
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.