1. Tectonic units of the Western Carpathians are not the same as Eastern Alpine ones, but some of them are their analogues.
2. The completeness of the Western Carpathian Alpide segment is manifested in: six tectonotypes — genetically different groups of nappes; three geotectonically different types of flysch basins; at least six types of molasse basins; four areas of neovolcanic sequences in various positions.
3. The formation of the Carpathian arc is an example of multistage genesis, beginning with smaller Mesoalpine arcs — the predecessors of core mountains — accompanied by intramontane depresions (transtensional and tensional).
4. Thus, the Western Carpathians represent an etalon of the orogen, displaying a whole series of specific features.