Major Ethnic Groups:
Belarus
-Belarusian 83.7%
-Russian 8.3%
-Polish 3.1%
-Ukrainian 1.7%
Bulgaria
-Bulgarian 85.8%
-Turk 9.7%
-Romanian 3.4%
Czech Republic (or Czechia)
-Czech 64.3%
-Moravian 5%
-Slovak 1.4%
Hungary
-Hungarian 85.6%
-Romanian 3.2%
-German 1.9%
Poland
-Polish 96.9%
-Silesian 1.1%
-German 0.2%
-Ukrainian 0.1%
Republic of Moldova
-Moldovan 75.8%
-Ukrainian 8.4%
-Russian 5.8%
-Gagauz 4.4%
-Bulgarian 1.9%
Romania
-Romanian 89.5%
-Hungarian 7.1%
-German 0.5%
Russian Federation
-Russian 77.7%
-Tatar 3.7%
-Ukrainian 1.4%
-Bashkir 1.1%
-Chuvash 1%
-Chechen 1%
Slovakia
-Slovak 80.7%
-Hungarian 8.5%
-Romanian 2%
Ukraine
-Ukrainian 77.8%
-Russian 17.3%
-Belarusian 0.6%
-Moldovan 0.5%
-Bulgarian 0.4%
-Hungarian 0.3%
-Romanian 0.3%
-Polish 0.3%
Belarus
-Belarusian 83.7%
-Russian 8.3%
-Polish 3.1%
-Ukrainian 1.7%
Bulgaria
-Bulgarian 85.8%
-Turk 9.7%
-Romanian 3.4%
Czech Republic (or Czechia)
-Czech 64.3%
-Moravian 5%
-Slovak 1.4%
Hungary
-Hungarian 85.6%
-Romanian 3.2%
-German 1.9%
Poland
-Polish 96.9%
-Silesian 1.1%
-German 0.2%
-Ukrainian 0.1%
Republic of Moldova
-Moldovan 75.8%
-Ukrainian 8.4%
-Russian 5.8%
-Gagauz 4.4%
-Bulgarian 1.9%
Romania
-Romanian 89.5%
-Hungarian 7.1%
-German 0.5%
Russian Federation
-Russian 77.7%
-Tatar 3.7%
-Ukrainian 1.4%
-Bashkir 1.1%
-Chuvash 1%
-Chechen 1%
Slovakia
-Slovak 80.7%
-Hungarian 8.5%
-Romanian 2%
Ukraine
-Ukrainian 77.8%
-Russian 17.3%
-Belarusian 0.6%
-Moldovan 0.5%
-Bulgarian 0.4%
-Hungarian 0.3%
-Romanian 0.3%
-Polish 0.3%
The ethnic groups in the pie chart above are located in the countries it borders or the country it was originally started in. The largest ethnic groups are located in the larger countries which cover a larger portion of the graph.
The above image is of Russian women representing their ethnic group with clothing.
Above is an image of Polish citizens in their daily outfits.
The ethnic groups in Eastern Europe are distributed by the amount of movement across each border. Countries only consist of their main ethnic group and other groups from the bordering countries.
Many ethnic groups were in conflict over who would gain independence. Mikhail Gorbacher, general secretary of the communist party of the Soviet Union, could not let one territorial adjustment take place, so he let them fight it out only when the demonstrators started demanding independence. When they started demanding, the ethnic groups who wanted independence sent in their armies fully armed to fight.