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           | DescriptionEastern-Europe-small.png | 
           
             English: Pre-1989 division between the "West" (grey) and "Eastern Bloc" (orange) superimposed on current borders: 
               Russia (dark orange) 
               other countries formerly part of the  USSR (medium orange) 
               members of the  Warsaw Pact (light orange) 
               other former Communist regimes not aligned with Moscow (lightest orange) 
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           23 September 2005 | 
          
          
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           Based on  Europe-small.png after highlighting the eastern parts  That image was marked: 
            
             - A general map of Europe made by  Brion VIBBER, with English names added by  Scipius.
 
             - See  Maps and images for Wikipedia for more information.
 
              The same map, just larger, is at  File:Europe-large.png. | 
          
          
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