Eastern Europe

English thumb|right|A common definition of Eastern Europe highlighted in red Pronunciation GA en /ˈistɚn jʊːɹəp/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Eastern Europe.wav Southern England Proper noun Eastern Europe en Q27468en A socio-political <<geographical area>> of eastern <<cont/Europe>> usually including the European countries to the east of Germany, Austria and Italy, and to the west of the Urals. en 1971 w:Lyndon Johnson Thawing the Cold War w:The Vantage Point https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/ w:Holt, Reinhart & Winston 0-03-084492-4 74-102146 1067880747 464–465 https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/page/465/ The translation of Khrushchev's letter reached me later that day, and I read it with care and with growing disappointment. It seemed designed for propaganda purposes rather than serious diplomacy. Khrushchev roundly denounced "colonizers" and "imperialism" as the major causes of past wars. Of course, he did not mention the Soviet Union's attack on Finland, the obliteration of the Baltic states, or the "colonization" of Eastern Europe by Moscow after World War II. 1996 — Dennis P. Hupchick & Harold E. Cox, A Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe, map 3 The Slavic peoples' ancestors entered Eastern Europe between the 5th and 7th centuries from their original common homeland. en historical The communist and Soviet-aligned countries of Europe during the Cold War; the Warsaw Pact, sometimes also including Yugoslavia and Albania. Usage notes The boundaries of Eastern Europe are not always clearly defined. Overlapping occurs in such cases as those of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Baltic states, and the Balkans. Similarly, most mainstream definitions of Eastern Europe include the former communist nations of the Caucasus, although there are a few sources that list them as transcontinental or Eurasian. Derived terms en Eastern European Related terms en East-Central Europe Translations Eastern Europe Afrikaans: af Oos-Europa Albanian: sq Evropë Lindore f, sq Evropa Lindore f definite Amharic: am ምሥራቃዊ አውሮፓ Arabic: ar أُورُوبَّا الشَّرْقِيَّة f Aragonese: an Europa de l'Este Armenian: hy Արևելյան Եվրոպա Azerbaijani: az Şərqi Avropa Bashkir: ba Көнсығыш Европа Basque: eu Ekialdeko Europa Belarusian: be Усхо́дняя Еўро́па f, be Усхо́дняя Эўро́па f Bengali: bn পূর্ব ইউরোপ Bulgarian: bg И́зточна Евро́па f Burmese: my အရှေ့ဥရောပ Catalan: ca Europa de l'Est f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 東歐 dung1 au1 Mandarin: cmn 東歐 Dōng-Ōu Chuvash: cv Хӗвелтухӑҫ енчи Европа Corsican: co Auropa orientale f, co Europa orientale f Crimean Tatar: crh Şarq Avropa Czech: cs východní Evropa f Danish: da Østeuropa n Dutch: nl Oost-Europa n Esperanto: eo Orienta Eŭropo Estonian: et Ida-Euroopa Faroese: fo Eysturevropa Finnish: fi Itä-Eurooppa French: fr Europe de l'Est f, fr Europe orientale f rare Galician: gl Europa oriental f Georgian: ka აღმოსავლეთი ევროპა German: de Osteuropa n Greek: el Ανατολική Ευρώπη f Greenlandic: kl Hebrew: he מִזְרַח אֵירוֹפָּה f mizrákh eirópa Hindi: hi पूर्वी यूरोप m Hungarian: hu Kelet-Európa Icelandic: is Austur-Evrópa f Ido: io Indonesian: id Eropa Timur Ingrian: izh Itä-Europpa Irish: ga Oirthear na hEorpa m Italian: it Europa orientale f Japanese: ja 東欧 とうおう, Tōō, ja 東ヨーロッパ ひがしヨーロッパ, Higashi Yōroppa Kannada: kn ಪೂರ್ವ ಯುರೋಪ್ Kazakh: kk Шығыс Еуропа Khmer: km អឺរ៉ុបខាងកើត Korean: ko ^동유럽, ko ^동구(東歐) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Ewropaya Rojhilat Kyrgyz: ky Чыгыш Европа Lao: lo ເອີລົບຕາເວັນອອກ, lo ເອີຣົບຕາເວັນອອກ Latvian: lv Austrumeiropa f Lithuanian: lt Rytų Europa f Macedonian: mk Источна Европа f Malay: ms Eropah Timur Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Зүүн Европ Norman: nrf Ûrope dé l'Êst Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Øst-Europa n Nynorsk: nn Aust-Europa n Pashto: ps ختيځه اروپا f xëtiźe orupā Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira اُروپایِ شَرْقی, fa-ira شَرْقِ اُروپا Polish: pl Europa Wschodnia f Portuguese: pt Leste Europeu m Romanian: ro Europa de Est f Russian: ru Восто́чная Евро́па f Sami: Northern Sami: se Nuorta-Eurohpá Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Источна Европа f, sh Источна Еуропа f Latin: sh Istočna Evropa f, sh Istočna Europa f Sicilian: scn Europa urientali f, scn Auropa urientali f Slovak: sk Východná Európa f Slovene: sl Vzhodna Evropa f Spanish: es Europa Oriental f Swahili: sw Ulaya ya Mashariki Swedish: sv Östeuropa n Tagalog: tl Silangang Europa Tajik: tg Аврупои Шарқӣ Tatar: tt Көнчыгыш Аурупа Thai: th ยุโรปตะวันออก Turkish: tr Doğu Avrupa Turkmen: tk Gündogar Ýewropa Ukrainian: uk Схі́дна Євро́па f Urdu: ur مَشْرِقی یُورَپ m Uyghur: ug شەرقىي ياۋروپا Uzbek: uz Sharqiy Yevropa Vietnamese: vi Đông Âu (vi 東歐) Welsh: cy Dwyrain Ewrop m Wolof: wo Penku Tugal Yiddish: yi מזריח־אײראָפּע f mizrekh-eyrope See also en Balkans Central Europe Northern Europe Southern Europe Western Europe Eastern Bloc Further reading