Eastern Europe

was thrown into turmoil, and under the leadership of Imgey Nagy the Hungarians demanded some concessions from the soviets in an attempt to avert the revolt from turning into an open revolution. During the events the United States through Radio free Europe encouraged Hungarians…

Prokofiev played piano and was taught by some of the most profound musicians of the classical era such as: Lyadov, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Nicolai Myaskovsky. Once he graduated he began performing in Moscow, his Alma Mater, and then all over Western Europe. Throughout this time he progressed as an artist and continued to compose more and more music. Prokofiev started on the Russian musical scene with piano oratorios like Sarcasms and Vision Fugitives. Then he began composing and writing orchestral…

He wants to end fighting and war in and with Eastern Europe. Reagan addresses Americans and the people of West Berlin, Germany in 1987 in order to sway their thinking towards what is, in his opinion, the best solution to the strife in Europe. Reagan seeks to stop and prevent any and all war in Germany and all of his actions are for the good of all people in the world, especially in Eastern Europe. He desires safety for all those who are in Berlin and ensures it through…

There are always two sides to every story and in order to fully understand a situation one must be informed about all aspects. When someone does not have all the information or possesses a limited viewpoint then the chances of bias and misunderstanding occurring increases exponentially. An individual’s outlook on current events heavily depends on where that person lives and how they interpret what the media reports; every issue has more than one perspective but the Western media is excellent at…

3 - How Stalin aimed to establish Soviet Security with the ‘Iron Curtain’ and Eastern buffer zones surrounding the USSR As the Second World War had drawn to an end Stalin had two main immediate aims; the economic recovery and reconstruction of Soviet territory backed by reparations, which was already partly covered in the previous segments. The other was to establish a Soviet Sphere of influence in the occupied Eastern European countries, as a means of making a ‘buffer zone’ against future…

deciding Germany’s fate when Germany would suffer and the fate of eastern European states. American President Roosevelt had no real power to tell Stalin to leave countries, but because the United States traditionally pushed the self-determination, Roosevelt and Churchill would hope that Stalin would move out on his own. With all of these threats that are appearing form the war it seems the Big Three gathered together and agreed that the eastern countries would have free elective governments. As…

What was the Iron Curtain The term Iron Curtain became widely known during the cold war and was used to define the geopolitical, military, physical and ideological boundary that separated states that were members of the Warsaw Pact in Eastern Europe (Eastern Bloc) and those that were not, otherwise called The West. This boundary separated the two areas from World War II to the end of cold war and it represented the Soviet Union’s attempt to shield itself and allies from direct contact with…

not only a struggle between two nations, but what the nations represented or stood for: Democracy and Communism. This led to a series of wars, most memorably the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the fall of the U.S.S.R. Adolf Hitler's Nazi empire in Europe was defeated by the joint efforts of then allies the United States and Soviet Union forces in 1945. The Soviet Union and the United States then became the super powers in terms of military and political systems. However, they had contrasting…

outrage in 20th century in the region of South-Eastern Europe. During 18th century, the Ottoman Empire established political and social unity in the Balkan region and it’s called Pax Ottomanica. The Ottoman Empire stabilized the external border of the Balkans, although the Ottoman Empire was declining due to increase of Christian population and power in the region. According to Paschalis M. there are two maps that explain the distribution of languages of Europe between 17th and 18th century.…

was a conflict between the Christians of Western Europe and the Muslims of Jerusalem. The Crusade was initiated in 1095 by Pope Urban II in response to the Byzantine emperor's call for help defending against the invading Seljuk Turks. On November 27, 1095, in Clermont, France, Pope Urban II called for a crusade both to help the Byzantines defend the Turks and to conquer Jerusalem. From the First Crusade, Europe made great economical gains. Europe benefited from the First Crusade more…