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Yes. Before the Soviet Union collapsed it was the largest Eastern European nation not a part of the Soviet Union. However after the Soviet Union collapsed, Ukraine became the largest Eastern European nation (excluding Russia), and the largest European nation wholly in Europe.
The European Union was founded by Western European countries while Eastern European countries were still occupied by the Soviet Union.
Ukraine is the largest of the European countries that were part of the Soviet Union.
Some Eastern European nations tried to solve problems caused by the dissolution of the Soviet Union by instilling democratic governments. For example, Poland is a country that did this.
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No Eastern European countries were members of the European Union in 1993. The EU did not expand to the east until 2004 when nine Eastern European countries (with one Western European nation) joined the EU.
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The two most populous Eastern European communist nations in 1950 were the Soviet Union and Poland.The two most populated Eastern European communist nations in the 1950s were the Soviet Union and Poland.
The Netherlands was one of the original five members of the then European Common Market, which became the European Union. Poland joined, along with other Eastern European nations, early in the 21st century.