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The land area of the former Soviet Union was approximately 22.4 million square kilometers (about 8.6 million square miles). It was the largest country in the world by land area before its dissolution in 1991. The territory now comprises multiple independent countries, including Russia, Ukraine, and the Baltic states, among others.

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