The station-number of a soviet utility station consists of the prefix "URS-", that is the ITU-country-code, and a following 4-digit number. In such a large country, I used this number to designate the geographical area of the station. Using the list below, a station number "URS-2371" decodes as being in Latvia (LVA), and "URS-7244" is a station located in Uzbekistan (UZB). URS-... ( 1000 ... 1999 ) stations of no specified location; statewide working channels URS-EST ( 2000 ... 2199 ) Estonia URS-LVA ( 2200 ... 2399 ) Latvia URS-LTU ( 2400 ... 2599 ) Lithuania URS-KAL ( 2600 ... 2799 ) Kaliningrad URS-BLR ( 2800 ... 2999 ) Belarus URS-UKR ( 3000 ... 3799 ) Ukraine URS-MDA ( 3800 ... 3999 ) Moldova URS-RUS(EU) ( 4000 ... 5999 ) Russia (Europe, west of Ural mountains, ~060°E) URS-GEO ( 6000 ... 6299 ) Georgia URS-ARM ( 6300 ... 6599 ) Armenia URS-NAK ( 6600 ... 6699 ) Nakhichevan (Azerbaijanian exclave between Armenia and Iran) URS-AZE ( 6700 ... 6999 ) Azerbaijan URS-KAZ ( 7000 ... 7199 ) Kazakhstan URS-UZB ( 7200 ... 7399 ) Uzbekistan URS-TKM ( 7400 ... 7599 ) Turkmenistan URS-TJK ( 7600 ... 7799 ) Tajikistan URS-KGZ ( 7800 ... 7999 ) Kirgistan URS-RUS(AS) ( 8000 ... 9999 ) Russia (Asia, east of Ural mountains, ~060°E)