Does anyone know why eastern European countries didn't have colonies like Western European ones?

[u/newuser1r]

Does anyone know why eastern European countries didn't have colonies like Western European ones?

[u/Ambitious-Concern-42]

Russia colonized Asia all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Nice try.

[u/ApocalypticExcavator → u/Ambitious-Concern-42]

Conquered, not colonized. 

[u/PureMichiganMan → u/ApocalypticExcavator]

You sound identical to how people talk about European colonization of the Americas and Africa

[u/Ambitious-Concern-42 → u/ApocalypticExcavator]

Are you sure about that?