The USSR Controlled More Of Europe Than Every Other European Country Put Together

Map created by denn23rusThe map above shows just how big the USSR was back when it existed.

Just the European part of it was larger geographically than every other European country put together.

If you include the Warsaw Pact countries, it controlled 61%! of the European landmass.

And, what’s even more suprising is that the European part of the Soviet Union was only a quarter of the it’s total land area (although did have around 75% of the population).

In terms of numbers, the European part of the USSR was around 5.2 million km2 (2.0 million sq miles), around 1.5 Indias in size.

Western vs Eastern Europe

Map Created By Geo UniverseBy the numbers:

• 415 million vs 413.73 million people
• $21 Trillion vs $6.5 Trillion GDP
• $50,600 vs $15,700 GDP per capita.

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