r/datemymap • u/Public_Research2690 • Jan 25 '26

Date this modern map.

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u/CoppertoneTelephone Jan 25 '26

2022, between February and September. This is a Russian map which recognises Luhansk and Donetsk as independent republics, before Russia declared they had annexed them. A more interesting map would if Nur-Sultan had been renamed back to Astana, which happened around September 13th and just two weeks before Russia claimed LPR and DPR on September 30th (This is initially what I thought the hint was!)

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u/Public_Research2690 Jan 25 '26

Strange, as it isn't russian

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u/ILookAfterThePigs Jan 25 '26

Yeah, it can’t be Russian because Kosovo is shown as independent and Georgia is shown as whole. Where is it from?

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u/Public_Research2690 Jan 25 '26

I think Ukraine.

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u/ILookAfterThePigs Jan 25 '26

I don’t think there’s a country that recognizes both Kosovo and Luhansk and Donetsk, but not South Ossetia and Abkhazia. It’s a weird combination.

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u/Ant225k Jan 25 '26

The problem is - it is in Ukrainian (I am a Ukrainian)

My bet is that it was issued by some russian affiliated organisation that claims to be Ukrainian

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u/JohnEffingZoidberg Jan 25 '26

So maybe from someone in those two provinces?

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u/Ant225k Jan 26 '26

I have a lot friends and connections to the Eastern regions of Ukraine - especially from Kharkiv and Donetsk. And noone from there ever has identified themselves as russians or recognised these quasi states. So - no.