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Question

A map of Asia and Europe. Finland, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Crimea, and Siberia are labeled.

Which of these areas were part of the USSR?

Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine
Belarus, Crimea, and Finland
Ukraine, Belarus, and Siberia
Crimea, Siberia, and Poland

Answer 1

The areas that were part of the USSR from the options provided are:

Belarus, Crimea, and Ukraine.

• Belarus was a founding republic of the USSR.
• Ukraine was also a founding republic of the USSR.
• Crimea was part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and later transferred to Ukraine during the Soviet era.

Finland and Poland were never part of the USSR. Siberia is a region within Russia, which was the largest constituent republic of the USSR, but is more of a geographic region than a separate entity that can be classified similarly to Belarus or Ukraine.

Therefore, the correct answer from the options given is Ukraine, Belarus, and Crimea.