Eastern Europe
is a socio-political concept mainly influenced by the
Cold War, which largely defined its borders. Its
boundaries were effectively forged in the final stages
of World War II and came to encompass all European
countries which came under Soviet influence and control.
As such these countries had communist regimes imposed
upon them and neutral countries were classified by the
nature of their political regimes. Of course today East
Germany was absorbed by West Germany through the German
reunification, becoming a part of Western Europe by
default.
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