Northern Eurasia, 16 May 1946: Iran Crisis
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Political map of Russia & the former Soviet Union on 16 May 1946 (Soviet Superpower: Iran Crisis), showing the following events: Azerbaijan People’s Government; Republic of Mahabad; Soviet Union withdraws from Manchuria; Greek Civil War.

Nationalist
China

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Egypt(Br. occ.)

Iran(Sov. infl.)

Germany(4 power occ)

Chinese
Communists

N.Korea(Sov. occ.)

S.Korea(US occ.)

Mongolia(Sov. sat.)

E.T.R.(Sov. sat.)

Svalbard(Norw.;demil.)

Port
Arthur(Ch/Sov)

12 Dec 1945Soviets back creation
of Azerbaijan People’s Gov.

22 Jan 1946Soviets back creation
of Kurdish People’s Rep.

10 Mar–3 May 1946Soviets withdraw from Manchuria,
Chinese Communists take over

30 Mar 1946–16 Oct 1949Greek Civil War
vs communists

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