English Translation

GEO P R E SS No. 215 (4054) August 1940 THE SOWJETUNION'S MIGHT ACCESS TO THE BALTIC STATES AND BESSAVARIA. The integration of the three Baltic States at the beginning of August I94O: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, as well as the areas of Béssarabia and North Bukovina, which were previously part of Romania, is the third stage of the Soviet expansion of power since the start of the war. The first two stages were, as is well known, the integration of East Poland at the beginning of November 1 939, as well as the cession of Finnish territories in the Moscow Peace of March 1 940. Overall, the Soviet Union increased by 457. O00 lm2 with approx. The Soviet Union has a population of 2,200,000, so that the Soviet Union now has a total area of 2l,633,000 km2 with about 1,92 million inhabitants. On August 3, 1 940, the northern Bukovina, the most northern and southern part of Bessarabia, joined the Ukrainian Soviet Republic, while Central Beszarabia was united with the autonomous Republic of Moldova, which was previously part of Ukraine, and was declared a new state of the Soviet Union. It is now composed of 16 Federal Republics: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Karelo-Finland, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The increase in power of the Soviet Union since autumn 1991: is divided into the following: Area in km Population of Poland 194,600 11,508,000 of Finland (with Lake Ladoga) 41,000 2,000 of Romania 48,900 3,650.000 Lithuania 59,500 2,879,000 Latvia 65,800 1,995,000 Estonia 47,500 1,126,000 Explanation of sign: l(pointed area)= Soviet Union August l939 2(black area) = Area in the Soviet union since September l939. 3= Western border of the Soviet Union August 1 940 4= Borders of the states of the USSR. (GEOPRESS.) .