Answer: SSRS
SSRS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 132 times.
Referring Clues:
- Lith. and Lat., once
 - Lith. and Azer., once
 - Lat., Lith. and Ukr., once
 - C.I.S. members, once
 - Old polit. entities
 - C.C.C.P. units
 - States under Stalin: Abbr.
 - Georgia et al., once: Abbr.
 - Azerbaijan and Ukraine, once: Abbr.
 - Bygone pol. units
 - Armenia and Georgia, once: Abbr.
 - Est. and Lat., once
 - Old political divs.
 - Lith. and Ukr., formerly
 - Georgia and others, once: Abbr.
 - Old Eurasian locales: Abbr.
 - Former union mems.
 - Estonia et al., once: Abbr.
 - Former union members: Abbr.
 - A great deal of Eurasia, once: Abbr.
 - Georgia and Ukraine, once: Abbr.
 - Ukr. and Lat., once
 - Lat. and others, once
 - They broke up in 1991: Abbr.
 - Pre-1989 Eurasian political divs.
 - Independence achievers of 1991: Abbr.
 - Georgia and Lithuania, once: Abbr.
 - Lith. and Ukr., once
 - The Baltics, once: Abbr.
 - Former grp. of 15
 - A lot of Eurasia, once: Abbr.
 - Old union members: Abbr.
 - Cold war grp.
 - Communist federation: Abbr.
 - Erstwhile grp. of 15
 - Part of Eastern Europe, once: Abbr.
 - Rus. and Ukr., once
 - Bygone grp. of 15
 - Red grp.
 - Bygone Black Sea borderers: Abbr.
 - Red states?: Abbr.
 - Uzbekistan et al., once (abbr.)
 - Tadzikistan and Turkmenistan, formerly (abbr.)
 - Estonia and Latvia, once (abbr.)
 - Lat., Lith., and Ukr., once
 - Georgia et al., once (abbr.)
 - Old pol. divisions
 - Kazakhstan and others, formerly (abbr.)
 - Est. and Lith., for 51 years
 - C.C.C.P. divisions
 - Lith. and Lat., formerly
 - Estonia and Latvia, formerly (abbr.)
 - Former political divs.
 - The Baltic States, once: Abbr.
 - Latvia and Estonia, once: Abbr.
 - Lith. et al., once
 - CIS members, formerly
 - Estonia and Latvia, formerly: Abbr.
 - Union members until 1991: Abbr.
 - Some of them are now in the EU
 - Azerbaijan and Belarus, once: Abbr.
 - Much of Eastern Eur., once
 - Ukr. et al., once
 - Pre-1991 pol. divisions
 - Estonia and Latvia, once: Abbr.
 - Cold war gp.
 - Latvia et al., once: Abbr.
 - Old pol. units
 - Union mems. until 1991
 - Bygone polit. entities
 - Old atlas entries
 - Some former UN members
 - Georgia and Uzbekistan, formerly (Abbr.)
 - Pre-'91 republics
 - Some Eur. nations, not long ago
 - Armenia and Georgia, once (Abbr.)
 - Some Eur. Union members, once
 - The Baltics, once (Abbr.)
 - Old geographical initials
 - States under Stalin (Abbr.)
 - Lat. and Ukr., once
 - Georgia and Latvia, prev.
 - Georgia and Estonia, formerly
 - Baltic states, once: Abbr.
 - Georgia and Latvia, once (abbr.)
 - Members of a former union: Abbr.
 - Cold war-era lands: Abbr.
 - Georgia and Latvia, formerly (abbr.)
 - Armenia and Azerbaijan, once: Abbr.
 - Georgia and Latvia, once: Abbr.
 - Old red states?: Abbr.
 - Georgia and Moldova, once: Abbr.
 - Red areas, once: Abbr.
 - United entities before 1991: Abbr.
 - Estonia and Armenia, once: Abbr.
 - Ukr. et al, once
 - Much of Eur., once
 - Red gp.
 - Lat. and Lith., formerly
 - Ukr. and Lith., once
 - Georgia and neighbors, once: Abbr.
 - Parts of Eastern Eur., once
 - Stalin's states (abbr.)
 - Ukr., Est. and Lith., once
 - Ukraine and others, once: Abbr.
 - Red gp., once
 - Estonia, Georgia and Latvia, formerly (Abbr.)
 - Moldova and Belarus, once: Abbr.
 - They were wiped off the map in '91
 - Old map divs.
 - The Stans were among them: Abbr.
 - 15 divs. on old maps
 - Historical group of 15, for short
 - Georgia et al., once
 - Cold War initials
 - Ukr. and Lith., formerly
 - They became independent in 1991: Abbr.
 - Ukr. and Georgia, once
 - Lat. and Ukr., formerly
 - Ukr. and Lith., once (Abbr.)
 - States in an outdated atlas: Abbr.
 - Some old Eur. republics
 - Three former UN members
 - Lat. and Est., once
 - Old geopolitical states: Abbr.
 - Ukr. and Est., once
 - Pol. units until 1991
 - Much of E. Europe, once
 - Divisions in an outdated atlas: Abbr.
 - Former geopolitical states: Abbr.
 - Bygone pol. divisions
 - Cold War satellites, briefly
 
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