[lo_zamoyski]

The Visegrad 4 (Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary)are generally taken to be "Central European". The strict East/West division is largely a product of the Cold War and the Iron Curtain.

[1718627440]

No, the distinction into West/Central/East Europe was also relevant in the centuries prior. You're right with, that East Europe starts with Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.

[lo_zamoyski]

> No, the distinction into West/Central/East Europe was also relevant in the centuries prior.

I never said it wasn't.

[1718627440]

> The strict East/West division is largely a product of the Cold War and the Iron Curtain.

[d1sxeyes]

Perhaps. The UN still calls them “Eastern European” though.