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Museums of Eastern European Heritage in the U.S. Visit One of These Institutions Dedicated to Preserving Culture

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Museums of Eastern European Art and Folk Culture: The United States is Home to Many Centers Promoting Ethnic Heritage

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Over Nine Forests Book Review: Folk Beliefs and Practices from Lithuania to the Urals

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Violence in East European History: Torture, Cannibalism, Abuse, and Murder Were Common in E. Europe

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Learn about East Europe History: Learning about E European History Can Be Painless!

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Soviet Women Labor Expectations: Changing Gender Roles in Pre- and Post-WWII Russia

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Lenin's New Economic Policy: The NEP of the 1920s Permitted a Soviet Version of a Market Economy

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Cannibalism in the Soviet Union: The Famine of 1920-21 Caused People to Resort to Eating Human Flesh

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Torture in East European History: Cruel and Unusual Measures of Punishment and Execution Were Used

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Countries of the Former USSR: The Soviet Union Comprised Nations Within and Without East Europe

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Riches of East European History: Amber, Eggs, Scythian Treasures - East Europe Drips in Jewels

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What is a Kulak? Were 'Capitalist Peasants' Really a Threat to the Soviet Regime?

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Victims of Concentration Camps: Jews, Homosexuals, Roma, and Others Perished in Nazi Prisons

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Major Gods of the Slavic Pantheon: Perun, Veles, Jarilo, Morana Were Eastern European Pagan Deities

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History of East European Languages: Spoken Communication with Indo-European and Finno-Ugric Roots

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Eastern European Easter Eggs: Symbols of springtime, decorated eggs mark a yearly tradition.

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Faberge as Businessman: Quality, customer service, and branding gave Faberge his edge.

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Unknown East Europe Literature: Books and authors from East Europe seek a Western audience.

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A Short History of Vodka: Russia and Poland lay claim to vodka’s origins.

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History of the Polish Language: Polish language has West Slavonic origins.

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Scythians - A Mysterious History: Through kurgan burial mounds, chronicles of Herodotus, and peoples like the Ossatians, evidence of the Scythians remain of interest to scholars and archaeologists.

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Christmas in Romania and Moldova: Werewolves, the singing of 'colinde,' and pork are all a part of the Romanian and Moldovan Christmas holiday traditions.

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Agrarian Reforms in East Europe: Peasants in Romania, Croatia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Hungary were encouraged to support political change through land redistribution.

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History of Prague's Jewish Quarter: Josefov, the historical Jewish ghetto of Prague, is now a well-preserved look into the past.

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Cyril, Methodius, and Cyrillic: The Glagolitic alphabet made written Old Church Slavonic possible for the Slavs of Great Moravia.

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Medieval Slavic Marriage Laws: Sex and Society in the World of the Orthodox Slavs by Eve Levin

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Monastic Celibacy, Betrothal, Wed? For Orthodox Medieval Slavs the marital options were few.

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Ecclesiastical Slavic View of Sex: Pagan rituals were called heretical and women temptresses in light of traditional Orthodox marriage vows and ceremonies.

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Medieval Bulgaria, Serbia, Russia: Director of Medieval Studies at Ohio State University looks at 900-1700 AD

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What is Perestroika? Gorbachev and the Russian Economic 'Reconstruction'

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What is Glasnost? Gorbachev's Policy of Openness and freedom of speech in Russia's Communist Regime

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Roma in Eastern Europe: This ethnic group, often called 'gypsies', are typically poor, illiterate, and outcast due to language, appearance, and large families.

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Rusyn Pysanky Easter Eggs: Unlinke the Ukranian tradition of painting these motifs and ancient symbols.

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Vlad the Impaler Becomes Dracula: In 1400s Romania saw the ruler of Wallachia revenge his father against the Turkish Sultan and impale his enemies.

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Origins of the Word Slav: From Slave to Glory and Praise, the 'Word' is What It Means.

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