The UN Geoscheme subregion stretching from the Ural Mountains to the eastern borders of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, comprising ten states including the whole of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Because the geoscheme counts Russia's entire territory rather than only its European portion, this definition is far larger in area than the culturally narrower sense of Eastern Europe used in everyday speech, which usually means the former Warsaw Pact states west of Russia and Ukraine.
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Area (sq km)UN Geoscheme figure, inflated by counting the whole of Russia rather than only its European territory; a culturally narrower Eastern Europe (excluding Russia and Ukraine) would read far smaller, in the low hundreds of thousands of sq km per state. PopulationUN Geoscheme definition, the largest and most populous European subregion by this count. Connections
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Czechia is listed under Eastern Europe in the UN M49 geoscheme.
Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
Hungary is listed under Eastern Europe in the UN M49 geoscheme.
Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
Source Regions of Europe (Wikipedia)
Hungary is listed under Eastern Europe in the UN M49 geoscheme.
Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
Russia, Countries The UN Geoscheme definition of Eastern Europe counts the whole of Russia territory as European.
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Source Danube (Wikipedia)
Vienna, Cities This source names Eastern Europe directly: "a gateway position between western and eastern Europe that shaped its long role as an imperial capital."
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
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1. Eastern Europe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIntroductionQuote, Introduction
Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent.
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.- Eastern Europe
- Associated With: Russia
View the Source Regions of Europe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Europe, Subregions sectionQuote, Associated With: Europe, Subregions section
Some typical geographical subregions of Europe include: Central and Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, and Western Europe.
Danube (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: The Danube, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: The Danube, Lead section
Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,850 km (1,770 mi), passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine.
United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics DivisionAssociated With: České Budějovice, Eastern Europe subregion list
Belarus, Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Ukraine
Associated With: Esztergom, Eastern Europe subregion list
Belarus, Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Ukraine
Associated With: Miskolc, Eastern Europe subregion list
Belarus, Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Ukraine
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