Baikonur is a city in Kazakhstan administered by the Russian Federation. The leased territory under Russian administration is 90 kilometres east to west and 85 kilometres north to south. The size on a map will change based on the scale and scope of the map.
It is open to visitors and tourists on permit from administration.
Does anyone knows what does the territory of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is administered by Russia as an enclave of Moscow Oblast, actually looks like on the world map? it is inconsistently portrayed as a big circle, a very large area, and very small circle that is effectively only the cosmodrome area itself, so which is the right border of the restricted area?
Not going to lie, the bizarrest thing of the original map was why the Democratic Republic of Congo still had the name Congo back then, with the former French colony being the one who had to tack on ‘Republic of’ before it’s name, surprised Bechuanland keeps its border (and the othe provinces lose theirs and that the Bantustands did not get land from there or unite with Swaziland or Lesotho. I feel should would be a lot less pink on this map as Nyasaland, Kenya, Tanganyika (meaning Zanzibar is independent), and Uganda are all explicitly republics. Which does have the amusing irony that Rhodesia (probably not just a federation of two here, but loads of tribal boundaries) might be the only country here to stay loyal to the Crown, rather than being seen as in undeclared rebellion. Really though, always nice to see old maps, especially now that Reddit does not ever load images (or posts) onto my iPad anymore. Anyways, I am guessing the sole reason South Africa is called the Republic of South Africa rather than the Union of South Africa is to avoid their being two USAs on this map.
What exactly does this looks like on a XK-BAM and on a Q-BAM?
Does anyone knows what does the territory of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is administered by Russia as an enclave of Moscow Oblast, actually looks like on the world map? it is inconsistently portrayed as a big circle, a very large area, and very small circle that is effectively only the cosmodrome area itself, so which is the right border of the restricted area?
Amazing!, this is the first time that I ever see this map portrayal of the cosmodrome!
Which seems to be this roughly:
I know, I meant it was amusing that back then, before the country was renamed to Zaire, they had the Congo name, whereas now the former French colony is referred to as Congo, without the ‘Republic of’ added to it, whereas former Zaire is now always referred to as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Just a small spelling error but the names of the Bharatic(calling it Indo-Aryan would be better) are slightly wrong. They should be Hindi,Marathi,Gujarati,Sindhi,Sikh,Kashmiri,Bengali,Assamese,Nepali,Sikkimese,Bhutanese(Sikkimese and Bhutanese should be Sino-Tibetan btw) and Roma. Also what caused the Orissans to be replaced entirely by the Kui?
My elderly dad who visited Brazzaville sometime in the late 1980s to early 1990s calls the country as Congo-Brazzaville, and I also recall hearing him refer to the DRC as Congo-Kinshasa, bear in mind that he grew up in the 1960s-1970s, when the names "Congo-Brazzaville" and "Congo-Léopoldville" were still in use, so call him old fashioned in using mid-20th century terminology for countries, for example, when he forgets about the DRC and Congo-Kinshasa, I have to tell him that the country I am referring to is Zaire, the name that he grew up used with.
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He also thinks that Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia still exist, and that Russia is still Communist and ruled by the KGB, whenever I correct him saying stuff like "no, that is the Czech Republic", or "no, that is Serbia", or "no, that is the FSB" he always says, "whatever, same thing!", as a history aficionado I love him so much lol, it is like I am witnessing 20th century history and viewpoints, when I am someone who has no memories of the past century.
I used Bharatic for lore reasons mostly because Dravidia is entirely Muslim in this universe and so Bharat usually refers to the north in-universe to distinguish the two. The Reason why -an and -ian are used is due to the Greek Conquest and Influence of the region in-universe, meaning that the people of Europe knew these people groups better and thus used European suffixes. As for Kui, the Hindu Indo-Aryan Orissans were pushed out or assimilated into the Muslim Dravidian Kui. Although you are correct about Sikkimese and Bhutanese, i must've glossed over them due to their small size, that one is on me.
With the dissolution of the Greater Pacific Co-Prosperity Sphere in 1991, one would presume the twilight of Japanese influence overseas. This was indeed the case in most Japan-aligned states of the Americas; re-unification of the United States being the most prominent example. However, things took a bit different route down under.
Peru had always boasted a considerable Japanese diaspora, even before the War. When the New Order was established, its convenient coastal position and abundance of natural resources attracted the attention of the Ministry of Greater Asia. Japanese mining companies established themselves in the region for the extraction of copper, lead, iron, zinc, bismuth and other ores. With them came a great amount of worker families, seeking a new life beyond the overpopulated Home Islands. By 1990, the Nikkei comprised about 30% of the country's population and a few wealthy Japanese families, most notably the Fujimoris, held firm grip over Peruvian politics. But the collapse of the Pacific Co-Prosperity Sphere arrested them. Popular rebellions, instigated by Communist guerillas, swept over the country. Ethnic cleansings against the Japanese took place in the countryside and in some of the major cities. Meanwhile, the Home Islands were going through a period of political turmoil and were unable to help the endangered cause of the Japanese people in this South American country. The families had to act. A coup d'etat was orchestrated by the industrial clans under the leadership of Alberto Fujimori, a young and ambitious representative of the Japanese upper class. Incumbent president of Peru, Alan Garcia, although a figurehead himself, was deposed. Peruvian armed forces were mustered to crush the protesters, with the more patriotic-minded elements purged from their ranks. By the end of 1992, the Fujimori-led military-industrial junta established itself as the sole nexus of power in the country, with the communist guerillas driven way back into the Andes. Now a time came to solidify its power. On January 1st, 1993, the Celestial Empire of Peru was proclaimed in the stead of a broken republic, with Inomoto Fujimori (formerly Alberto) crowned as its first Emperor. A distant family connection to the Japanese Imperial House of Yamamoto was traced - or manufactured - by the new regime's propagandists. An apartheid-like system was established, in which the Nikkei alone enjoyed the full scope of civil rights, with White Americans and Europeans (especially Germans, who were also present in substantial numbers) graciously co-opted by granting them the label of 'honorary Nikkei'. 'Civilized' Peruvians of European descent (mostly the Lima elite) were classed second, and in some cases even granted first-class citizenship, in a regime's clumsy attempt to appear more inclusive. The fate of the native Peruvians was pitiable to say the least. A genocidal campaign of forced sterilization, expulsion and forced labor was drafted by the new government, under the moniker of 'Plan Midori' (Green Plan). In order to 'safeguard the rights of the oppressed Nikkei population' Ecuador was annexed in a lightning strike invasion in 1993. All these actions, of course, drew condemnation from the international community, most notably the European Union and Germany, which underwent profound democratic reforms under the fuhrership of Helmut Kohl. Japan, on the other hand, despite distancing itself from its post-colonial affairs for a short period of time, quickly started to tacitly support the new regime. Despite issuing perfunctory admonishments to Lima, it maintained a strong economic partnership with the genocidal regime. Japanese journalists and historians were eager to spread a revisionist account of the 1992 coup, in which the Communist Guerillas were planning to perpetrate a mass genocide against the Japanese (and to their credit, there was a grain of truth in this account, as ethnic cleansing did in fact happen) and the coup was a sort of preventive action. The Fujimorist junta continued to supply itself in Japanese weaponry, and allegedly a contingent of Japanese Armed Forces remained in Peru all throughout the turbulent period, training the newly formed Peruvian Imperial Forces. But there was yet another link, one of great economic importance. Cocaine. Peru was always a vital hub for the cultivation and distribution of the Coca crop. But after ties were severed between Japan and other South American countries, it became its greatest source for the drug-hungry and economically perturbed inhabitants of the Home Islands. As of 1999, the Peruvian Empire stands firmly, with its degenerate elites preparing for a bombastic celebration of the first decade of the Empire's existence in 2003.
1. Christianity arose as a response to the declining legitimacy of Jewish institutions following the establishment and subsequent implosion of the Herodian dynasty. The Herodian dynasty was a successor to the Hasmonean dynasty, which was established following a revolt against the Seleucids following the sacking of the Jewish temple. That sacking only occurred because of the specific circumstance that the Seleucids tried to invade Egypt and were repulsed by the threat of a war with the Roman republic, which wanted to keep the Ptolemaic empire intact as a counterweight to them. The Maccabean revolt succeeded because the Seleucids had completely lost the plot, having a massive civil war and getting invaded by the Parthians. Since the Parthians don't seem to exist ITTL, and your equivalent to the Seleucids was much more powerful, they would probably not be intimidated by the Romans, and even if they were, they would be able to crush the Maccabees, meaning that there would be no Hasmonean dynasty, nor a Herodian dyansty, nor a Christianity as we know it.
1. The Parthians did exist though, my other maps include the Sassanids and the Seleucids are shown really only holding on to the area around Babylon instead of being completely eradicated:
