East-Central Europe

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East-Central Europe is the region between German-, Hungarian-, and West Slavic-speaking Europe and the East Slavic countries of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.[1][2] Those lands are described as situated "between two": "between two worlds, between two stages, between two futures".[3]

The concept differs from that of Central and Eastern Europe which is based on criteria[4] whereby the states of Central and Eastern Europe belong to two different geographical regions of Europe.

Definitions edit

Oskar Halecki edit

In the 1950s, Oskar Halecki, who distinguished four regions in Europe (Western, West Central, East Central, and Eastern Europe), defined East-Central Europe as a region from Finland to Greece,[5] "the eastern part of Central Europe, between Sweden, Germany, and Italy, on the one hand, and Turkey and Russia on the other".[6] According to Halecki:

In the course of European history, a great variety of peoples in this region created their own independent states, sometimes quite large and powerful; in connection with Western Europe they developed their individual national cultures and contributed to the general progress of European civilization.[6]

Paul Robert Magocsi edit

 
Paul Robert Magocsi's rendition and interpretation of Central Europe.

Paul Robert Magocsi described this region in his work Historical Atlas of East Central Europe. His idea distinguished Central Europe into 3 main zones:

United Nations edit

United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) was set up to consider the technical problems of domestic standardization of geographical names. The Group is composed of experts from various linguistic/geographical divisions that have been established at the UN Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names.

Academic institutions edit

 
Jagiellonian Europe in the 15th century: Bohemia, Hungary and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth[8]

Other contributors edit

Southeast Europe is distinguished from the Balkans, defined as the region consisting of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia.

Narrow definition edit

East-Central Europe is sometimes defined as the eastern part of Central Europe[18][19] and is limited to the member states of the Visegrád GroupCzechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. This definition is close to the German concept of de:Ostmitteleuropa.

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • J. Kloczowski, East Central Europe in the historiography of the countries of the region, Institute of East Central Europe, Lublin, 1995
  • J. Kłoczowski (ed.), Central Europe Between East and West, Lublin 2005, ISBN 83-85854-86-X
  • East – Central Europe's Position within Europe. Between East and West, Lublin 2004, ISBN 83-85854-81-9
  • O. Halecki, Borderlands of Western Civilization: A History of East Central Europe, Fordham University (1952, 1980) (available on-line) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  • I. Loucas, The New Geopolitics of Europe & The Black Sea Region, Naval Academy, UK National Defence Minister's Staff, p. 8
  • O. Halecki, The limits and divisions on European history, Sheed&Ward, New York 1950
  • Y.Shimov, Middle Europe: On the way home, Eurozine 2002/10/11[20]
  • Myant, Martin; Drahokoupil, Jan (2010), Transition Economies: Political Economy in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 978-0-470-59619-7
  • N. Popa, Frontiere, regiuni transfrontalieresşi dezvoltare regionala in Europa Mediana, [Borders, Transborder Regions and Regional Development in Median Europe] Ed. Universitatii de Vest, Timișoara, 2006
  • G. Zrinscak, L' Europe médiane : des pays Baltes aux Balkans (Dossier n. 8005), La Documentation française 1999[21]
  • P. Verluise, Géopolitique de l'Europe. L'Union européenne élargie a-t-elle les moyens de la puissance ?, Collection Référence géopolitique, Paris, éd. Ellipses, 2005[22]

References edit

  1. ^ Palmer, Alan (1970)The Lands between: A History of East-Central Europe Since the Congress of Vienna, New York: Macmillan
  2. ^ J. Kłoczowski (ed.), Central Europe Between East and West, Lublin 2005, ISBN 83-85854-86-X
  3. ^ "François Jarraud". Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  4. ^ I. Loucas, The New Geopolitics of Europe & The Black Sea Region, Naval Academy, UK National Defence Minister's Staff, p. 8 [1][permanent dead link]
  5. ^ O. Halecki, The limits and divisions on European history, Sheed&Ward, New York 1950, p. 120
  6. ^ a b Halecki, Oskar (1952). Borderlands of Western Civilization: A History of East Central Europe. Fordham University. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d "United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names". Linguistic/Geographical Divisions. UNGEGN. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  8. ^ a b Adamska, Anna (2016). "13. Intersections. Medieval East Central Europe from the perspective of literacy and communication". Medieval East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective: From Frontier Zones to Lands in Focus. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 226. ISBN 9781317212256. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  9. ^ J. Kłoczowski (ed.), Central Europe Between East and West, Lublin 2005, p. 9, ISBN 83-85854-86-X
  10. ^ J. Kłoczowski (ed.), L'héritage historique de la Res Publica de Plusierus Nations, Lublin 2004, ISBN 83-85854-82-7
  11. ^ J. Kłoczowski (ed.), Central Europe Between East and West, Lublin 2005, pp. 110–120, ISBN 83-85854-86-X
  12. ^ "ONG-NGO, non Gouvernemental Organizations, Organisations non gouvernementales". Archived from the original on 20 April 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
  13. ^ "Relations with non-governmental organizations, foundations and similar institutions" (PDF). UNESCO. 1999. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  14. ^ "East Central European Center". Institute on East Central Europe at Columbia University. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  15. ^ "ceem.fr - Le blog buzz de Ceem". ceem.fr. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  16. ^ M. Foucher (dir.), Fragments d'Europe – Atlas de l'Europe mediane et orientale, Paris, 1993, p. 60
  17. ^ D. Calin, Final Report, NATO and the EU in the Balkans – a Comparison, Bucharest, 2003, p. 12, available at: http://www.nato.int/acad/fellow/01-03/calin.pdf
  18. ^ J. Kim, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary: Recent Developments, CRS 1996, Federation of American Scientists on-line version Archived 2015-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ J.Winiecki, East-Central Europe: A Regional Survey. The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia in 1993, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 46, No. 5 (1994), pp. 709–734
  20. ^ "Middle Europe: On the way home – Yaroslav Shimov". Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  21. ^ "L' Europe médiane : Des pays Baltes aux Balkans (Dossier n. 8005) - Documentation photographique (Le dossier ) / GEORGETTE ZRINSCAK - la Documentation française". Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  22. ^ "Geopolitique de l'Europe. L'Union europeenne elargie a-t-elle les moyens de la puissance ? par Pierre Verluise". www.diploweb.com. Retrieved 31 March 2023.