With the first sentence of his kaleidoscopic guide to Eastern Europe’s past, the journalist Jacob Mikanowski reveals that his work is meant to discover, to unearth: “This is a history of a place that ...

When, upon graduation from college in 1973, I traveled for several months throughout communist Eastern Europe, I was warned that I would be entering a dreary gray zone pulverized by the regime-induced ...

Begin with a geographic overview of Eastern Europe, a region that begins at the Baltic Sea in the north and spans 20 countries to the Black Sea in the south. Here, Professor Liulevicius introduces you ...

Well, to give an answer to that we have to go back in European history. Historically seen Western Europe and Eastern Europe ...

A major new work, weaving together historical anecdote and the author’s family history, laments the slow erasure of centuries of linguistic, ethnic and cultural diversity in an increasingly ...

Russia, Eurasia and Eastern Europe significantly influence the politics, economy and culture of our global society. Since the end of the Cold War and the fall of Communism, the study of Russia, along ...

The spread of the Slavs stands as one of the most formative yet least understood events in European history. Starting in the 6th century CE, Slavic groups began to appear in the written records of ...

Grassroots exhibitions popping up in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Poland provide a window into ordinary lives during the communist era Alice Popovici - Freelance writer Visitors to the Red ...

Eastern Europe has become my travel obsession, and frankly, I don't think that will ever change. After years of bouncing ...

Eastern Europe carries a fascinating mix of history, culture, and resilience, and nowhere is this more visible than in the cars that rolled across its roads. Built during decades of political change, ...