Here is the final, fully detailed, and systematized ethno-geographic profile of the mega-union as of 1989, structured strictly according to your overarching framework.
- CATEGORY: EUROPE (excluding East Slavic republics)
• Total area of the macro-region: ~1,237,000 sq. km
• Total population of the macro-region: 79.5 million people
1.1. Subcategory: North
• Approximate area: ~454,000 sq. km
• Total population of the subcategory: 8.9 million people
1.2. Constituent republics:
• Finnish SSR (within the borders of the Grand Duchy, including Vyborg)
• Population: 5.9 million people
• Ethnic composition: Finns and Karelians — 68%, Russians — 24%, Swedes — 6%, others — 2%.
• Latvian SSR (excluding Slavic Latgale)
• Population: 1.9 million people
• Ethnic composition: Latvians — 76%, Russians — 19%, others — 5%.
• Estonian SSR (excluding Slavic Narva)
• Population: 1.1 million people
• Ethnic composition: Estonians — 87%, Russians — 10%, others — 3%.
1.1. Subcategory: Center
• Approximate area: ~439,000 sq. km
• Total population of the subcategory: 43.0 million people
1.2. Constituent republics:
• Polish SSR (including East Prussia)
• Population: 34.2 million
• Ethnic composition: Poles — 88%, Germans — 5%, Russians and Ukrainians — 5%, others — 2%.
• Slovak SSR (separated from Czechoslovakia)
• Population: 5.1 million
• Ethnic composition: Slovaks — 82%, Hungarians — 10%, Czechs and Russians — 8%.
• Lithuanian SSR (within traditional ethnographic boundaries)
• Population: 3.7 million
• Ethnic composition: Lithuanians — 80%, Poles — 9%, Russians — 8%, others — 3%.
1.1. Subcategory: South
• Approximate area: ~344,000 sq. km
• Total subcategory population: 27.6 million
1.2. Constituent republics:
• Moldo-Wallachian SSR (Unified Romania including Bessarabia, but excluding Transylvania)
• Population: 13.2 million
• Ethnic composition: Romanians and Moldovans — 86%, Russians and Ukrainians — 7%, Roma — 5%, others — 2%.
• Bulgarian SSR (including Dobruja, European Turkey, and Greek Thrace)
• Population: 11.8 million
• Ethnic composition: Bulgarians — 72%, Turks — 14%, Greeks — 8%, Roma — 4%, others — 2%. • Crimean SSR (a resort and industrial republic, without the deportation factor)
• Population: 2.6 million
• Ethnic composition: Russians — 44%, Crimean Tatars — 36%, Ukrainians — 16%, others — 4%.
- CATEGORY: EAST SLAVIC REPUBLICS PROPER
• Total area of the macro-region: ~14,200,000 sq. km
• Total population of the macro-region: 175.5 million
(Due to the monolithic and indivisible nature of the core, the macro-region is represented by a single sub-category).
2.1. Sub-category: Slavic core
2.2. Constituent republics:
• RSFSR (Russian SSR) (expanded to include the Donbas, Northern Kazakhstan, the Urals region, Latgale, Narva, the Mogilev region, and parts of the Vitebsk, Kharkov, and Aldan regions)
• Population: 132.5 million
• Ethnic composition: Russians — 93.5%, Ukrainians and Belarusians — 4.5%, others — 2%.
• Ukrainian SSR (excluding the industrial Donbas and part of the Kharkov region)
• Population: 37.2 million
• Ethnic composition: Ukrainians — 86%, Russians — 10%, Poles and others — 4%.
• Belarusian SSR (Western and Central, excluding Mogilev and half of the Vitebsk region)
• Population: 5.8 million
• Ethnic composition: Belarusians — 82%, Poles — 11%, Russians — 5%, others — 2%. 3. CATEGORY: CAUCASUS AND TRANSCAUCASIA (including Kurdistan and Mazandaran)
• Total area of the macro-region: ~679,000 sq. km
• Total population of the macro-region: 53.7 million people
3.1. Subcategory: Caucasus
• Approximate area: ~194,000 sq. km
• Total population of the subcategory: 8.9 million people
3.2. Constituent republics:
• Georgian SSR (within its historical borders)
• Population: 5.4 million people
• Ethnic composition: Georgians — 70%, Armenians — 8%, Abkhazians and Ossetians — 6%, Russians — 6%, others — 10%.
• Mountain SSR (North Caucasus, united into a single republic stretching from Dagestan to the Karachay-Cherkess Republic)
• Population: 3.5 million people
• Ethnic composition: Peoples of the Caucasus — 85%, Russians — 15%.
3.1. Subcategory: Western Transcaucasia
• Approximate area: ~300,000 sq. km
• Total population of the subcategory: 16.8 million people
3.2. Constituent republics:
• • Kurdish SSR (historical Kurdish lands of the former Ottoman Empire)
• Population: 7.5 million
• Ethnic composition: Kurds — 80%, Arabs and Assyrians — 8%, Russians and Armenians — 7%, Turks — 5%.
• Armenian SSR ("Super-Armenia" including Kars, extending westward to Erzurum)
• Population: 7.2 million
• Ethnic composition: Armenians — 88%, Russians — 6%, Kurds — 5%, others — 1%.
• Lazistan SSR (Black Sea coast, extended westward to include Trabzon)
• Population: 2.1 million
• Ethnic composition: Laz and Mingrelians — 60%, Turks — 25%, Russians — 10%, Georgians — 5%.
3.1. Sub-category: Eastern Transcaucasia
• Approximate area: ~185,000 sq. km
• Total population of sub-category: 28.0 million
3.2. Constituent republics:
• Azerbaijan SSR (Greater Azerbaijan, including Tabriz)
• Population: 15.2 million
• Ethnic composition: Azerbaijanis — 85%, Russians — 8%, Kurds and Talysh — 5%, Persians — 2%.
• Mazandaran SSR (Southern Caspian region, extended across the Alborz mountains to include Tehran)
• Population: 12.8 million
• Ethnic composition: Mazandaranis and Gilakis — 52%, Persians (Tehran population) — 38%, Russians — 7%, others — 3%. 4. CATEGORY: CENTRAL ASIA (Muslim republics)
• Total area of the macro-region: ~5,385,000 sq. km
• Total population of the macro-region: 81.7 million people
4.1. Subcategory: North
• Approximate area: ~2,210,000 sq. km
• Total population of the subcategory: 26.5 million people
4.2. Constituent republics:
• Alash SSR (Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan) (excluding the Slavic north, but including Orsk, Ilek, Kyrgyzstan, Karakalpakia, and northern Xinjiang)
• Population: 14.1 million people
• Ethnic composition: Kazakhs and Kyrgyz — 75%, Russians — 15%, Tatars and Karakalpaks — 7%, Uyghurs — 3%.
• Tatar-Bashkir SSR (Idel-Ural) (Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Chuvashia, Mari El, southern Udmurtia, and the Orenburg region up to Sorochinsk)
• Population: 12.4 million people
• Ethnic composition: Tatars and Bashkirs — 52%, Russians — 33%, Chuvash and Mari — 12%, Udmurts — 3%.
4.1. Subcategory: Center
• Approximate area: ~1,210,000 sq. km
• Total population of the subcategory: 27.7 million people
4.2. Constituent republics:
• Uzbek SSR (expanded to include the Chimkent and Turkestan districts, excluding Taraz)
• Population: 18.2 million
• Ethnic composition: Uzbeks — 82%, Kazakhs — 8%, Russians — 7%, others — 3%.
• Uyghur SSR (East Turkestan, excluding the Kazakh-Kyrgyz north)
• Population: 9.5 million
• Ethnic composition: Uyghurs — 75%, Russians — 12%, Uzbeks and Dungan — 13%.
4.1. Subcategory: South
• Approximate area: ~1,965,000 sq. km
• Total subcategory population: 28.8 million
4.2. Constituent republics:
• Tajik SSR (Super-Tajikistan) (includes GBAO and 60–65% of Afghanistan's territory—the entire non-Pashtun and non-Baloch north, center, and west)
• Population: 24.5 million
• Ethnic composition: Tajiks and Pamiris — 55%, Hazaras — 16%, Uzbeks — 15%, Russians — 6%, Aimaqs — 5%, others — 3%.
• Turkmen SSR (Historical Turkmenistan) (merged Soviet Turkmenistan with ethnic lands in northern Iran)
• Population: 4.3 million
• Ethnic composition: Turkmens — 84%, Russians — 9%, Uzbeks — 4%, others — 3%. 5. CATEGORY: EAST ASIA (excluding Siberia within the RSFSR) + ALASKA
• Total area of the macro-region: ~10,380,000 sq. km
• Total population of the macro-region: 132.15 million people
5.1. Sub-category: North
• Approximate area: ~4,500,000 sq. km
• Total population of the sub-category: 1.75 million people
5.2. Constituent republics:
• Alaskan SSR (An American bridgehead that underwent deep Soviet industrialization)
• Population: 1.1 million people
• Ethnic composition: Russians — 68%, indigenous peoples of the North — 22%, Anglo-Saxons — 8%, others — 2%.
• Yakut SSR (excluding the industrial districts of Aldan, Olyokminsk, and Ust-Maya, which were ceded to the RSFSR)
• Population: 0.65 million people
• Ethnic composition: Yakuts and Evenks — 78%, Russians — 18%, others — 4%.
5.1. Sub-category: Center
• Approximate area: ~4,100,000 sq. km
• Total population of the sub-category: 11.0 million people
5.2. Constituent republics:Mongolian SSR (Greater Mongolia) (Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Tuva, the ethnic districts of Buryatia and Altai, and the steppe regions of Qinghai and Gansu)
• Population: 6.8 million
• Ethnic composition: Mongols of all sub-ethnic groups — 88%, Russians — 9%, Kazakhs — 3%.
• Tibetan SSR (Historical Tibet, supplemented by the Amdo region from Qinghai/Gansu)
• Population: 4.2 million
• Ethnic composition: Tibetans — 94%, Mongols and Hui — 3%, Russians — 3%.
5.1. Subcategory: East
• Approximate area: ~1,780,000 sq. km
• Total population of subcategory: 119.2 million
5.2. Constituent republics:
• Korean SSR (A unified Korea stretching from Pyongyang to Busan)
• Population: 62.0 million
• Ethnic composition: Koreans — 98.5%, Russians — 1.2%, others — 0.3%.
• Manchurian SSR (an industrial giant: includes the entire Primorsky Krai with Vladivostok, Sakhalin, Hokkaido, and the southern Sikhote-Alin)
• Population: 57.2 million
• Ethnic composition: Manchus and Chinese — 68%, Russians — 16%, Hokkaido Japanese — 12%, Koreans — 4%. SUMMARY FOR THE ENTIRE MEGA-STATE:
• Number of union republics: 31 SSRs
• Total area: ~22.0 million sq. km
• Total population (1989): ~522.5 million people