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The European Scout Region comprises 40 National Scout Organizations that are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and services [[Scouting]] in [[Western Europe|Western]] and [[Central Europe]], excluding the former Soviet Republics of [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Belarus]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Moldova]], [[Russia]], and [[Ukraine]], but inclusive of [[Cyprus]] (technically not part of [[Europe]]) and [[Turkey]] (which spans across two continents), for cultural reasons, and [[Israel]] for political ones. | The European Scout Region comprises 40 National Scout Organizations that are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and services [[Scouting]] in [[Western Europe|Western]] and [[Central Europe]], excluding the former Soviet Republics of [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Belarus]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Moldova]], [[Russia]], and [[Ukraine]], but inclusive of [[Cyprus]] (technically not part of [[Europe]]) and [[Turkey]] (which spans across two continents), for cultural reasons, and [[Israel]] for political ones. | ||
All the formerly [[communist]] states of [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]] and the [[Soviet Union]] have developed or are developing Scouting in the wake of the renaissance in the region. These include [[Albania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[East Germany]], Hungary, Poland, | All the formerly [[communist]] states of [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]] and the [[Soviet Union]] have developed or are developing Scouting in the wake of the renaissance in the region. These include [[Albania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[East Germany]], Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the successor states to [[Czechoslovakia]], Yugoslavia and the [[Baltic countries|Baltic nations]] independent of the former Soviet Union. Of these, Poland, the [[Czech Republic]] and Hungary have been most successful in regrowing their Scout movements and are very well-developed, thanks in part to the existence of [[Scouts-in-Exile]] movements for the diaspora of each nation. | ||
=== Governance === | === Governance === |