Former Soviet Union

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	1958-1980 normal series front plate (all rear plates in this series were 2 lines). OTP = Byelorussian Socialist Soviet Republic.
	Pre-1980 trailer plate. EE = Estonian Socialist Soviet Republic. ПРИЦЕП = trailer.
	Pre-1980 motorcycle plate. ЛА = Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic.
	1967-1980 diplomatic rear plate. 02 = West Germany. The matching front plate was in one line, with D in the same small size, but 02 as big as 545.
	1958-1993 military plate pair. All rear plates in this series were 2 lines.
	1980-1993 military plate. While most military plates were made in the old pre-1980 style until the end of the Soviet Union, some plates were made in the 1980 onwards style, but still in white on black. I have seen such plates only in Leningrad.
	1980-1993 private vehicle pair from Vladimir oblast.
	1980-1993 trailer plate from Lvov (now in Ukraine).
	Plate for vehicle leaving the Soviet Union or bought with foreign currency. 570 = Leningrad.