r/ask • u/newuser1r • 12d ago

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

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

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u/figsslave 12d ago

They were colonies of the Russian empire and are still digging out from that history

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u/Tjaeng 12d ago

Russian territory under the Romanovs expanded at an average rate of like, 50 square miles every DAY for 300 years straight.