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Description	English: Map showing the maximum territorial extent of countries under the direct influence of the Soviet Union :*Between the Cuban Revolution/ 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union/ Sino-Soviet split.
Date	9 August 2010
Source	File:Spain_(orthographic_projection).svg
Author	User:MaGioZal

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