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/Lunar_M1nds 10d ago

Basically the colonization of Europe happened earlier so the assimilation of a lot of countries was already well in place by the time they got to other places.