Western Europe had a much stronger economy. Eastern Europe fell into poverty and more Eastern European countries became police states.
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Western Europe had a much stronger economy. Eastern Europe fell into poverty and more Eastern European countries became police states.
Western Europe had a much stronger economy. Eastern Europe fell into poverty and more Eastern European countries became police states.
Eastern Europe did not industrialize the same time as Western Europe did. This is because they were opposed to industrialization as well as the West tried to prevent the spread of industrialization. Eastern Europe has been going through massive industrialization for the past couple of decades, however, which is why the economy of Eastern Europe has been changing dramatically.
Western Europe became industrialized much earlier than Eastern Europe and the entire world, which is why Western Europe has the largest economy in the world.
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Czech Republic.
You may be referring to Russia's influence in eastern Europe. Most of Russia is not in Europe, but a large part of it is.
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Serfdom was an unsustainable economic system, and it stunted the growth of the eastern European economy because eastern Europe maintained a farm-based economy long after the rest of the world had turned to an industrial economy.