There were only 12 countries in Eastern Europe by 1990. These countries were the Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Cyprus, of which the Soviet Union controlled the majority of the area. Today, Eastern Europe is made up of 28 countries.
The Soviet Union did not want allies, they wanted puppet states. They controlled eastern Europe until the wall came down.
Because the Soviet Union controlled Eastern Europe for four decades. This changed when they elected a new leader, Mikhail Horbachev, he gave Eastern Europe more freedom as one of his reforms.
Spain was the largest country in Western Europe from 1580-1640, as they controlled all of the Iberian peninsula at this time. However, from 1640 until today, France has been the largest country in Western Europe.
European country divided after world war 11
Yes, until the fall of communism in 1989
No European country controlled the Philippines in 1914. Spain controlled the Philippines until the Spanish-American War in 1898. After this, the United States controlled the Philippines until Japan seized them during World War II.
The 13 colonies were founded and controlled by Great Britain until 1776.
Once I have friends in Prague and Budapest, I would go to Eastern Europe next.
Dodo
Japan
Soviet Union
Belgium controlled the Congo Basin area from about 1880 until 1960