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DescriptionCold War border changes.png	English: Changes in internationally recognized boundaries of countries after the end of the Cold War. Orange in the "before" map represents the territories as of 1991 which were affected.
Date	13 April 2006
Source	Own work
Author	Aivazovsky (talk) (Uploads)

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Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
2009-12-11 10:57	599×436× (15723 bytes)	Ithanyx	Switched to most up-to-date template version.
2008-07-19 07:01	599×436× (15610 bytes)	Hoshie	added the last change of the cold war: Kosovo
2007-09-24 04:24	599×436× (20607 bytes)	Hoshie	fixed shading on two islands west of the Estonian SSR
2007-02-27 02:21	599×436× (15749 bytes)	Aivazovsky
2006-10-10 06:35	599×436× (17502 bytes)	Hoshie	I have updated the map to include Montenegro, the last nation formed out of the cold war.
2006-04-13 01:44	602×373× (14138 bytes)	Aivazovsky

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:38, 21 January 2025	599 × 436 (18 KB)	GPinkerton	Reverted to version as of 20:15, 17 October 2022 (UTC) Restoring internationally recognized borders
	05:29, 8 January 2025	599 × 436 (21 KB)	GPinkerton	Reverted to version as of 21:08, 4 December 2022 (UTC) POV pushing
	01:08, 26 November 2023	599 × 436 (25 KB)	Ljutikecap2021	Reverted to version as of 23:24, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
	20:52, 18 September 2023	599 × 436 (18 KB)	GPinkerton	Reverted to version as of 12:49, 19 March 2023 (UTC) Most of UN member states recognize Kosovo. Reverting pro-Serbian irredentist claims.
	23:24, 21 June 2023	599 × 436 (25 KB)	Ljutikecap2021	Reverted to version as of 21:56, 18 March 2023 (UTC) Most countries is nothing, if the UN doesn't recognize Kosovo as independent then it isn't.
	12:49, 19 March 2023	599 × 436 (18 KB)	GPinkerton	Reverted to version as of 15:41, 11 January 2023 (UTC) Kosovo is recognized as independent by most countries
	21:56, 18 March 2023	599 × 436 (25 KB)	Ljutikecap2021	If we are going by international recognititon, then Kosovo is Serbia.
	15:41, 11 January 2023	599 × 436 (18 KB)	GPinkerton	Reverted to version as of 20:15, 17 October 2022 (UTC) The map shows internationally recognized borders not Russian Lebensraum
	14:52, 11 January 2023	599 × 436 (25 KB)	Ljutikecap2021	If Kosovo is included, why shouldn't the disputed Russian territories in Eastern Ukraine, Transnistria and Artsakh be included?
	02:59, 26 December 2022	599 × 436 (18 KB)	GPinkerton	Reverted to version as of 20:15, 17 October 2022 (UTC) Undiscussed and unhelpful pro-Russian changes