Europe, Eastern
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Europe, Eastern Categories.
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Albania |
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Baltic States - The collective name for the republics of ESTONIA; LATVIA; and LITHUANIA on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p111) |
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Bosnia-Herzegovina - A country of eastern Europe, formerly the province of Bosnia in Yugoslavia, uniting with the province of Herzegovina to form the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1946. It was created 7 April 1992 as a result of the division of Yugoslavia and recognized by the United States as an independent state. Bosnia takes is name from the river Bosna, in turn from the Indoeuropean root bhog, "current"; Herzegovina is from the Serbian herceg (duke) + -ov (the possessive) + -ina (country or territory). |
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Bulgaria |
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Croatia - Created 7 April 1992 as a result of the division of Yugoslavia. |
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Czech Republic - Created 1 January 1993 as a result of the division of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. |
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Hungary |
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Macedonia (Republic) - Formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, comprising the Yugoslav section of the region of Macedonia. It was made a constituent republic in the 1946 constitution. It became independent on 8 February 1994 and was recognized as The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the United States Board on Geographic Names 16 February 1994. |
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Poland |
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Romania |
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Russia |
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Slovakia - Created 1 January 1993 as a result of the division of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. |
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Slovenia - Created 7 April 1992 as a result of the division of Yugoslavia. |
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Ukraine |
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Yugoslavia - Created as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in 1918. Yugoslavia became the official name in 1929. BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CROATIA; and SLOVENIA formed independent countries and split from Yugoslavia 7 April 1992. Macedonia, one of the Yugoslav republics, became an independent country 8 February 1994 as The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC)). |
Europe, Eastern Definitions and Terms
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