Orthographic projection of Greater Russia / Eurasia and near abroad Dark redwood and maroon: the Soviet Union in 1945 (Maroon for Soviet territories never part of the Russian Empire: Tuva bordering Mongolia, Konigsberg region turned Kaliningrad enclave, and Zakarpattia, Lviv, Stanislav, and Ternopil regions in west Ukraine) Cornell red: additional territory from the Russian Empire (Finland and Congress Poland) Red (RGB): maximum extent of the Soviet near abroad, in 1955 (Warsaw Pact, Mongolia, and North Korea) Imperial red: maximum extent of the Russian Empire's sphere of influence after the sale of Alaska, in 1867