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	___ Countries of the Second World List of Countries of the Second World The term "Second World" refers to the former communist-socialist, industrial states, the territory and sphere of influence of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic. Note: For terms and definition please have a look at: First, Second and Third World
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Second World Country List

Country	formerly part of:	Region
Albania	*	Southern Europe
Armenia	Soviet Union	Western Asia
Azerbaijan	Soviet Union	Western Asia
Belarus	Soviet Union	Eastern Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yugoslavia	Southern Europe
Bulgaria		Eastern Europe
Croatia	Yugoslavia	Southern Europe
Czech Republic	Czechoslovakia	Eastern Europe
Estonia	annexed by Soviet Union**	Northern Europe
Georgia	Soviet Union	Western Asia
East Germany		Western Europe
Hungary		Eastern Europe
Kazakhstan	Soviet Union	South-Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan	Soviet Union	South-Central Asia
Latvia	annexed by Soviet Union**	Northern Europe
Lithuania	annexed by Soviet Union**	Northern Europe
Macedonia, Rep. of	Yugoslavia	Southern Europe
Moldova	Soviet Union	Eastern Europe
Montenegro	Yugoslavia
Poland		Eastern Europe
Romania		Eastern Europe
Russia	Soviet Union	Northern Europe/Asia
Serbia	Yugoslavia	Southern Europe
Slovakia	Czechoslovakia	Eastern Europe
Slovenia	Yugoslavia	Southern Europe
Tajikistan	Soviet Union	South-Central Asia
Turkmenistan	Soviet Union	South-Central Asia
Ukraine	Soviet Union	Eastern Europe
Uzbekistan	Soviet Union	South-Central Asia

(Formerly) Communist States in Asia ***
China		Eastern Asia
Korea (North)	Korea	Eastern Asia
Lao PDR		South East Asia
Mongolia****	China, until 1921	Eastern Asia
Viet Nam (North)		South East Asia
* Albania broke Soviet influence in the 1960s and aligned itself with China. The forcible annexation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania into the Soviet Union in 1940 was considered illegal by the United States and most Western European democracies and the three nations were de jure not considered parts of the Soviet Union. * This countries are considered sometimes being part of the Second World, the relatively high-income Communist countries or those with centrally planned economies in which the government owns the means of production. **** Today Mongolia is a parliamentary republic.

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