The Soviet Union would have a larger land area if it were still in existence. Since it has split into Russia, it is still larger than the People's Republic of China.
Eastern Europe was influenced and controlled by the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union was fighting the Eastern Front on D-Day. Many German troops were occupied in this area.
The Soviet Union was spread out in Northern Asia, the most famous Soviet country was Russia, but others, such as Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus were part of it.
Churchill thinks the goals of the Soviet Union were that all the European countries lay in the Soviet area of influence and all are subject to a very high & increasing degree of control from Moscow. In the Congressional Record, March 5, 1946 Churchill stated "I do not believe that the Soviet Union desire war. What it desires is the fruits of war and the indefinite expansion of its power and doctrine. ~Dimonique♥
Soviet Union interest in Finland, Estonia,Latvia and Lithuania had to do with security. Stalin feared these countries could serve as base of operations for Germany or West as a whole in an event of attack against Soviet Union. On the other hand, seizing control over these countries would provide Soviet Union with a firmer foothold in area of Baltic Sea.
There is no more Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. But when there was, India was smaller. In area, but not in population.
Eastern Europe was influenced and controlled by the Soviet Union.
China has a much larger population than the United States. So China is larger when measured by population. The area of China is slightly smaller than the area of the US.
China is larger in both land area and people.
Russia and Canada are both larger than China in area.
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The four countries with the largest land area in the world are Russia, Canada, China, and the United States.
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The Soviet Union was fighting the Eastern Front on D-Day. Many German troops were occupied in this area.
Russia is larger in land area. Russia is 6,592,800 square miles and China is 3,969,100 square miles.
no i don't think it is larger