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Parent topics
- Asia [r]: The largest continent in both land area (with 30% of Earth's land area) and population (with 4 billion people, or 60% of Earth's population). [e]
- Soviet Union [r]: A Communist state, which took over the Russian Empire, after the Russian Revolution of 1917 that existed from 1922 to 1991; the major part now extant as the Russian Federation [e]
Subtopics
- Azerbaijan [r]: A country variously considered part of Central Asia or Southwestern Asia, with a shore on the Caspian Sea, major borders with Iran and Russia, a tense border with Armenia and a small European portion north of the Caucasus Mountains [e]
- Kazakhstan [r]: A landlocked central Asian nation, formerly part of the Soviet Union, bordered by China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan [e]
- Tajikistan [r]: Bordered by Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, a landlocked, predominantly Muslim, nation of Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union [e]
- Turkmenistan [r]: Once a constituent part of the Soviet Union, now an independent Central Asian nation neighboring Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and with coast on the Caspian Sea [e]
- Uzbekistan [r]: Previously part of the Soviet Union, a landlocked, predominantly Muslim nation of Central Asia, with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan as neighbors [e]
- Azerbaijan [r]: A country variously considered part of Central Asia or Southwestern Asia, with a shore on the Caspian Sea, major borders with Iran and Russia, a tense border with Armenia and a small European portion north of the Caucasus Mountains [e]
- Mongolia [r]: A country of Northern Asia, which, with the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, was the origin of the Mongol Empire of Genghiz Khan [e]
- Afghanistan [r]: A landlocked Islamic republic in Central Asia which borders China, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. [e]
- China [r]: Large and populous nation, with a long tradition of scholarship [e]
- Pakistan [r]: Country in southern Asia, established as a Muslim state split from India in 1947, bordering the Arabian Sea to the south, India to the east, Iran and Afghanistan to the west, and China to the north. [e]
- Shanghai Cooperation Organization [r]: A regional organization of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan as members; originally focused on border disputes but exploring larger roles [e]
- Silk Road [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.N. Special Commission for Asia and the Pacific [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.N. Economic Commission for Europe [r]: Add brief definition or description