 
 <prompt> Eastern Europe na di eastern part of di European continent. Dia no dey agreement on top di exact area wey e cover, partly because di term get wide range of geopolitical, geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic meanings. Dem talk say "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region". A related United Nations paper add say "every assessment of spatial identities na essentially a social and cultural construct".

One definition describe Eastern Europe as a cultural entity: di region wey dey for Europe with di main characteristics wey consist of Greek, Byzantine, Eastern Orthodox, Russian, and some Ottoman culture influences. Another definition bin dey during di Cold War and e dey use more or less as synonym with di term "Eastern Bloc". A similar definition name di formerly communist European states wey no dey inside di Soviet Union as Eastern Europe. Some historians and social scientists dey see dis kind definitions as outdated or relegated, but dem still dey sometimes use am for statistical purposes.

Several other definitions of Eastern Europe dey today, but dem often lack precision, dey too general or outdated. These definitions dey vary both across cultures and among experts, even political scientists, as di term get wide range of geopolitical, geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic meanings. <response>: during the Cold War 