| Ukr. was one | 12 |
| Soviet unit: Abbr. | 18 |
| Soviet inits. | 13 |
| Soviet div. | 11 |
| S.U. unit | 9 |
| Russian unit: Abbr. | 19 |
| Pre-1991 map abbr. | 18 |
| Pol. letters until 1991 | 23 |
| Part of Russia: Abbr. | 21 |
| Outdated geopolitical inits. | 28 |
| Onetime Rus. state | 18 |
| Old Russ. state | 15 |
| Old republic letters | 20 |
| Old map inits. | 14 |
| Old geographical inits. | 23 |
| Moldavia, formerly (abbr.) | 26 |
| Moldavia, e.g.: Abbr. | 21 |
| Lith., e.g., once | 17 |
| Latvia, once: Abbr. | 19 |
| Latvia or Lithuania, once (abbr.) | 33 |
| Latv. or Lith., once | 20 |
| Georgia, once, initially | 24 |
| Georgia, formerly: Abbr. | 24 |
| Georgia, e.g.: Abbr. | 20 |
| Former Rus. state | 17 |
| Former map inits. | 17 |
| Estonia, once: Abbr. | 20 |
| Estonia or Latvia, once: abbr. | 30 |
| Estonia or Georgia, at one time (abbr.) | 39 |
| Div. of a former union | 22 |
| Bygone Russ. state | 18 |
| Bygone pol. unit | 16 |
| Byelorussia is one: Abbr. | 25 |
| Belarus or Ukraine once | 23 |
| Abbr. found on old maps | 23 |
| World-power div. | 16 |
| Where the SIREt flows: Abbr. | 28 |
| Uzbekistan, once: Abbr. | 23 |
| Uzbekistan, in 1990 | 19 |
| Uzbek, for one: Abbr. | 21 |
| Uzbek or Tadzhik: Abbr. | 23 |
| Ukraine, once | 13 |
| Ukraine, e.g., once: Abbr. | 26 |
| Ukraine, e.g., formerly: Abbr. | 30 |
| Ukraine or Latvia: Abbr. | 24 |
| Ukraine once: abbr. | 20 |
| Ukr.,e.g. | 9 |
| Ukr., until 1991, e.g. | 22 |
| Ukr., on old maps | 17 |
| Ukr., e.g., until 1991 | 22 |
| Ukr., e.g. , formerly | 21 |
| Ukr. used to be one | 19 |
| Ukr. or Russ., once | 19 |
| Ukr. or Lith. | 13 |
| Turkmenistan, once: Abbr. | 25 |
| The Ukraine, e.g. | 17 |
| The Ukr., e.g. | 14 |
| Tajikistan, once: Abbr. | 23 |
| Tadzhik, once: Abbr. | 20 |
| Tadzhik or Turkmen: Abbr. | 25 |
| State until 1991: Abbr. | 23 |
| State dissolved after perestroika: Abbr. | 40 |
| Soviet Union pt., once | 22 |
| Soviet state | 12 |
| Soviet rep. | 11 |
| Soviet initials | 15 |
| Sov. state | 10 |
| Russian political unit: Abbr. | 29 |
| Russian letters | 15 |
| Russian initials | 16 |
| Russian abbreviation once | 26 |
| Russia, once: Abbr. | 19 |
| Russia, once (abbr.) | 20 |
| Russ. state | 11 |
| Russ. or Ukr., once | 19 |
| Russ. federation member | 23 |
| Russ. area, such as the Ukraine | 31 |
| Rus., e.g., formerly | 20 |
| Pre-Yeltsin-era letters | 23 |
| Pre-Yeltsin abbr. | 17 |
| Pre-1991 Georgia, e.g.: Abbr. | 29 |
| Pre-1991 atlas initials | 23 |
| Part of an empire up to 1991: Abbr. | 35 |
| One-time communist land, briefly | 32 |
| One of two UN charter members | 29 |
| One of 15, once: Abbr. | 22 |
| One of 15, formerly: Abbr. | 26 |
| Old union member: Abbr. | 23 |
| Old union mem. | 14 |
| Old Russian letters? | 20 |
| Old political inits. | 20 |
| Old pol. entity | 15 |
| Old maps abbr. | 14 |
| Old geopolitical abbr. | 22 |
| Old geography textbook abbr. | 28 |
| Old geog. inits. | 16 |
| Old geog. initials | 18 |
| Old European map abbr. | 22 |
| Old country: Abbr. | 18 |
| Old Black Sea borderer: Abbr. | 29 |