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. FAQs
Where does Eastern Europe begin and end?
The Ural Mountains mark the eastern edge, but the western edge depends on the definition used.
Its eastern edge is clear, because the Ural Mountains mark the eastern boundary. Its western edge is defined in various ways. Narrow definitions that count Central and Southeast Europe as separate regions include Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, while broader definitions also include Moldova and Romania and some or all of the Balkans.
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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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Chervil is native to Eastern Europe.
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Horseradish is native to Eastern Europe.
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The Kipchak languages (also known as the Kypchak, Qypchaq, Qypshaq or the Northwestern Turkic languages) are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family spoken by approximately 30 million people in much of Central Asia and Eastern Europe, spanning from Bulgaria and Romania in Southeastern Europe to China in East Asia.
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Modified versions of the Soviet legal system operated in many Communist states following the Second World War—including Mongolia, the People's Republic of China, the Warsaw Pact countries of eastern Europe, Cuba and Vietnam.
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Source Digital Ludeme Project: Ludus latrunculorum (Ludii Portal)RegionQuote, Region
Region Northern Africa, Western Asia, Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe
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Source Digital Ludeme Project: Nine Men's Morris (Ludii Portal)RegionQuote, Region
Region Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe
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1. Eastern Europe (Wikipedia)
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Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent.
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.- Eastern Europe
- Associated With: Russia
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Regions of Europe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Europe, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: Europe, Lead section
Some typical geographical subregions of Europe include: Central and Eastern Europe Central Europe Eastern Europe Northern Europe Fennoscandia Baltic region Northwestern Europe Southern Europe Italy (geographical region) Southeastern Europe Iberian Peninsula Western Europe Northwestern Europe Benelux Note: There is no universally agreed definition for continental subregions.
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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