During the propagandistic Cold War period, Europe was simplistically divided into East and West—where the East was demonized while the West was bathed in the eternal light of “freedom.” So much for propaganda. I should think it only right that geography reasserts itself as to what lies in East Europe and what lies in West Europe, but with one major proviso, that the ousted Central Europe is reinstated into its proper place in history and geography, a place it had always occupied up until WWII. Note the map below.
Europe extends from the tip of Portugal at Cabo de São Vincente to the Urals, a distance of some 5320 kilometres; divide that by three and we get 1773. From Cabo de São Vincente to the French-German border is roughly the first 1773 km—then from there to the Belarus-Russo border is the next approximate 1773 km. and from there to the Urals is the final rough 1773 km. Therefore, the divisions of Western, Central, and Eastern Europe are as shown on the map above, not as the media fantasises. Re-educating the media to mention Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Rumania, and Bulgaria as Central European countries would be an uphill struggle of Herculean proportions—but that would be the correct nomenclatures rather than the simplistic Cold War mind set the media has at the moment. The only "Eastern Eruopeans" are the Russians, but it served their interests to have everyone else labeled "Easter European". Sadly, I have to accept that my constant gripe about dogma and mindsets will continue until the very end.
