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    • RLC State and Regional Boundaries for the Former Soviet Union

    Metadata Updated: April 9, 2026

    This data set of state and regional boundaries was derived from the 1:3 million scale administrative boundaries (ESRI, 1998) for the land area of the Former Soviet Union. There are 162 administrative regions distinguished in this data set. The vector map of state and regional boundaries for the FSU is in ArcView shapefile format.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 9, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 9, 2026
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/699
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id f3723f36-4a11-475e-a4a1-ffdb6e977137
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Old Spatial {"WestBoundingCoordinate":25.0,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":71.0,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180.0,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":23.21},"CARTESIAN"
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash ee32dce0c2b92e57a721a5d75ea140d5827dabd24b882194fbca40963de77b81
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1998-08-01/1999-08-03

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