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At its peak, the USSR represented 14.31% of the world economy (1969) and now the sum of its composite countries does not even come close. Was the collapse really that great of an economic blow? Or did the USSR overly inflate its production numbers?

641 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Map projections have freely accessible equations that govern how the globe is portrayed two dimensionally. Earth isn't spherical, it is an oblong spheroid. Do those equations account for that? And can they be applied to other celestial objects of different shapes?

78 upvotes • r/askscience

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At its peak, the USSR represented 14.31% of the world economy (1969) and now the sum of its composite countries does not even come close. Was the collapse really that great of an economic blow? Or did the USSR overly inflate its production numbers?	641	AskHistorians
Map projections have freely accessible equations that govern how the globe is portrayed two dimensionally. Earth isn't spherical, it is an oblong spheroid. Do those equations account for that? And can they be applied to other celestial objects of different shapes?	78	askscience