Belarusis a former Soviet republic, which gained independence in 1991. It has a population of approximately 9.4 million people. After breaking away from the USSR, Belarus maintaine… See more

Bulgariahas a population of about 6.9 million people. The country was a member of the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War. In 1990, however, the country’s communist regime gave up power. Since the fall of communism, Bulgaria has t… See more

Hungaryis a landlocked country in Eastern Europe that contains about 9.6 million people. Like all the countries of Eastern Europe, it was part of the communist eastern bloc during the Col… See more

Moldovais home to about 4 million people. Before gaining independence in 1990, Moldova was one of the republics that made up the Soviet Union. The story of Moldova since independen… See more

Slovakia, a landlocked country of roughly 5.4 million people, was once one of the two halves that comprised Czechoslovakia. In 1993, following the so-called Velvet Divorce, Slov… See more

The landlocked Czech Republicis a country of approximately 10.7 million people. It was formally part of the country known as Czechoslovakia, which unified Czechs and Slovaks into one state. Czechoslovakia was part o… See more

Polandis a country of approximately 37.8 million people. Its population has been steadily declining since communist rule came to an end in the coun… See more

Romania is a country of roughly 19 million people. Like Poland, the country has seen its population decline since the fall of communism. Romania’s br… See more

Ukrainewas the largest and second most populous republic of the Soviet Union. Today, it is an independen… See more