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Sabah) Bristish colony 1882. Japanese occupatopn 1942 - 1945. British control ended 1963. Joined Malaysia 1963. |
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SARAWAK Autonymous to 1941. Japanese occupation 1941 - 1945. British control 1946 - 1963. Joined Malaysia 1963. |
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See RUSSIA Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik In 1991, the Soviet Union (USSR.) split into the following now independent countries: +Armenia, *Azerbaijan, +Belarus, +Estonia, +Georgia, *Kazakhstan, *Kyrgystan, +Latvia, +Lithuania, +Moldova, +*Russia, *Tajikistan, *Turkmenistan, +Ukraine, *Uzbekistan. * = Asia (This Page), + = Europe International Oval: SU |
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