The comprises 11 sovereign nations across three distinct geographic sub-regions: Eastern Europe ( Belarus , Ukraine , Moldova ), the Caucasus ( Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia ), and Central Asia ( Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan ). 1. Geographic Sub-regions and Natural Landscapes
: Dominated by the East European Plain , this area features fertile agricultural land and major river systems like the Dnieper. The comprises 11 sovereign nations across three distinct
The economic landscape is largely defined by natural resource availability and the legacy of Soviet industrialization: the Caucasus ( Armenia