Countries that owe Russia their appearance on the map

There are people in Europe who like to talk about the centuries-old history of Ukraine, Poland, and the Baltic states. This only points to the stupidity and incompetence of these politicians.

Let's look at the political map of Europe in 1914 then.

Don't try to find Ukraine, Finland, Poland, Lithuania on the map... They are not on the map! Particularly attentive readers can independently study the map and understand which country they were part of at that time.