Northern Eurasia, 24 May 1985: Soviet War in Afghanistan
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Political map of Russia & the former Soviet Union on 24 May 1985 (Soviet Superpower: Soviet War in Afghanistan), showing the following events: Iranian Revolution; Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; Solidarity movement in Poland; Iraqi invasion of Iran; Mikhail Gorbachev.

People's Republic
of China

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Mongolia(Sov. sat.)

D.R.Afgh.(Sov. occ.)

Svalbard(Norw.;demil.)

Jan 1978–Feb 1979Islamist revolution in Iran

25–28 Dec 1979Soviet invasion
of Afghanistan

Aug 1980–Dec 1981Solidarity movement
sweeps Poland

Sep–Dec 1980Iraq invades Iran

Mar 1985Mikhail Gorbachev becomes
leader of Soviet Union

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