The Soviet imperial system consisted of several political levels:
1 - a core (the Russian SFSR)
2 - an internal empire (Ukrainian SSR etc. and various autonomous republics, oblasti etc.)
3 - an external empire (Warzaw Pact countries, Cuba, Vietnam)
4 - "sotsorientatsiya" (socialist oriented 3rd world countries, e.g. Angola, Nicaragua, Yemen)
5 - geopolitical allies without Marxist governments
6 - countries shifting between the two blocs (e.g. Egypt)

Has anyone seen a map that captures these features? Or, alternatively, does anyone have the exact list of countries included in the Soviet bloc?

In case anyone's interested, it's for a seminar. Thanks.

If it for seminar than care yourself about it. Don't ask us to make your job and spend your time.

oblasti, autonomous republics are inside Russia and not outside.

Ukrainian SSR and Belorussian SSR were outside Russia (RSFSR).

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If you do not understand the question, don't bother to answer. I was merely asking for a list or a map, not the principles behind Soviet imperialism.