Pretty sure it was the Soviet Union who claimed Ukraine, which is modern-day Russia i think.
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Following the Chinese Civil War and victory of Mao Zedong's Communist forces over the Kuomintang forces of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, who fled to Taiwan, Mao declared the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on October 1, 1949.
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