Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nhamba yose yezviyo zvakakohwewa mumaruwa eSoviet (matani mamiriyoni 39,6) yakanga iri yechipiri yakaderera munhau yeSoviet, ichingopfuura bedzi kukohwa kwa 1921 (matani mamiriyoni 36,2). Zvisinei, goho ra1946 rakasimwa munharaunda yakakura kupfuura goho ra1921, sezvo Soviet Union panguva iyoyo yakanga yabatanidza nyika dzeBaltic,
Bessarabia neBucovina, pamwe chete nechokumabvazuva kwePoland, nokudaro zvichiwedzera uwandu hwenyika inofanira kukohwewa. Sezvinoratidzwa nomunyori wenhau dzakaitika Stephen G. Wheatcroft, mashoko akarurama pamusoro pezvibereko zvezviyo zveSoviet panguva iyoyo anoitwa kuti ave akaoma zvikuru nokunyengedzwa kwakakwana kwezviverengero zvehurumende yeSoviet, zvimwe zvacho zvakatorwa sezvokwadi navamwe vanyori venhau dzakaitika.