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ENCYCLOPEDIA:
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
It occupied nearly one-sixth of the earth’s land surface and was about 2.4 times the size of the U.S. The total area of the USSR, including its island possessions and the Baltic republics, was about 22,402,200 sq km (about 8,649,500 sq mi). From E to W the maximum extent was almost 10,000 km (almost 6200 mi) . . .
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