Thread:Marina Moreau/@comment-681745-20130106201004/@comment-5959682-20130107184727

Yes, you are right. Well, the idea is that Europe's landmass is a lot bigger than people actually tend to think- it finishes where the Ural Mountains are. In addition to that, the centre of Europe is located in Lithuania. Still, there are adjusted cultural boundaries-Central Europe tends to be expanded to Luxembourg and Switzerland culturally, but not include Belarus and Ukraine most of te time. There are also a lot of misconceptions - people confuse the European Union with Europe or Western Europe (which used to relate to Western European Union), Western Bloc with Western Europe, Eastern Bloc with Eastern Europe (wich is a sore point in Central Europe, which suffered a lot from Eastern Europe (which is in fact occupied by only one country-European Russia, which territory in Europe is 40%). In addition, the terms Eastern Europe and Western Europe are quite controversial to use, since they relate to the Cold War, so wherever it is possible, it is necessary to change it not only due to political correctness but mainly because of a more geographical and cultural terminology. It is all very perplexing but I think you can follow. European map should look like that, when divided into sub-regions: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Grossgliederung_Europas-en.svg . I hope it helps. Hmmm - did I add anything to link the US to the the Holocaust section at all?