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3 unusual facts about Republics of the Soviet Union


European Yo-Yo Championship

The organizer let only European players compete in all divisions expect Open, but the registration rule shows some non-European countries like Armenia in West Asia and past Republics of the Soviet Union are able to compete.

Julian Marchlewski

During the Red Army counterattack under Mikhail Tukhachevsky, he headed the Polish Provisional Revolutionary Committee (Tymczasowy Komitet Rewolucyjny Polski) in Białystok in 1920, which planned to declare the Polish Soviet Socialist Republic.

Rebecca Matlock

The Matlocks served four tours in the Soviet Union, between 1961 and 1991, and during that time she travelled to 14 of the 15 Union Republics.


2003 in the European Union

11 May - The electorate of Lithuania votes to join the European Union, becoming the first former Soviet republic to do so.


see also

Urban settlement

Urban-type settlement, an official designation for a certain type of urban locality used in some of the former republics of the Soviet Union