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Territorial Changes After the Cold War

The Cold War was undoubtedly one of the most influential events in the history of the world. It also resulted in the creation and dissolution of several nations. Can you name the countries that existed in 1989 that did not exist in 1995 or the other way around?
Germany and West Germany will not work because the two were legally the same state, the Federal Republic of Germany. Reunification involved the West absorbing its communist counterpart.
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Last updated: August 6, 2021
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Dissolved
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Newly Independent
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belarus
Croatia
Czech Republic
Eritrea
Estonia
F. S. Micronesia
Georgia
Germany
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Marshall Islands
Moldova
Namibia
Palau
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Yemen
Merged into another state
East Germany
West Germany
North Yemen
South Yemen
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Level 57
Aug 6, 2021
Thank you to whoever spotlighted this quiz!
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Level 65
Jun 19, 2021
This may be a technicality, but Germany is a continuation of West Germany. In other words, West and East Germany didn't combine to form Germany; West Germany absorbed East Germany
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Level 57
Jun 20, 2021
Yeah, I know. But it stopped being called "West Germany" and started being called simply "Germany", so I just decided to count them as two separate states
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Level 56
Jun 25, 2021
Actually "West Germany" was the colloquial name, the official name was the "Federal Republic of Germany", which continues to be the name of current-day Germany.
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Level 57
Jun 25, 2021
Yeah you're right might as well remove it
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Level 60
May 9, 2022
Great job, nominated.
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Level 40
Jan 28, 2023
nice quiz for some reason was able to get Namibia but not Russia.
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Level 57
Dec 12, 2023
I thought this was only Europe for like half the time. Then I remembered.
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Level 84
Dec 12, 2023
Nommed, this is great.
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Level 60
Dec 13, 2023
I'm such an idiot. I got all of the USSR modern-day countries but not the USSR. I got Czechoslovakia but not its modern-day equivalent.