• axh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    343·
    7 days ago

    Yeah… USSR was a Union. In the same way prison is a form of hotel.

    • Lojcs@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      Oh I was trying to figue out where all the uk unions went on 2020…

  • gcheliotis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    7 days ago

    Such an excellent visual! Conveys so much, like the very gradual growth of the EU, the abrupt dissolution of the Soviet Union, the long history of both… of course the circular axis makes it look like the Soviet Union is as much present today as the EU… which is kinda misleading, but actually interesting as one could argue that it has left its mark on Europe and its legacy continues to influence geopolitics in the region.

    • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      (Not that I’m equating it in any way with Yugoslavia)
      Would Nazi Germany technically fall in the union definitions? Or did the annexed areas not represent countries (but the Reichs subdivisions & different states compared to og countries)?

      (This is besides the fact none of them joining voluntary, not even Austria.)

      • banghida@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        7 days ago

        I mean… UK, Italy, Spain, Germany. All the empires of Europe go in the same definition.

        • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          True, but only European countries (and in a specific timeframe) are referenced so I figured the definition was such.

  • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    Ha ha who was Malenkov?! Never heard of him, the more you know!

    Very nice graph IMO!