Russia is known for many things, but cars are not necessarily at the top of the list. When the Soviet Union is mentioned, AK47s, communism, and the Gulag come to mind for a good reason. Their society ...

This video examines what happened to the nations of the Eastern Bloc after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. We trace ...

The freezing half-mile walk from my hotel to the Walker Art Center on an early December morning here was a bit dreary and difficult, given that the park between me and the museum was basically one ...

It was 1983, and East German artist Gabriele Stötzer was being watched. She had already spent a year in prison, and the Stasi, the East German secret police, shuttered her underground gallery. But ...

In late September, representatives from NATO-member countries met at the organization’s headquarters in Brussels. The topic of discussion was not the military strength of the Warsaw Pact nations.

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, New Series, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul., 2008), pp. 354-375 (22 pages) This paper considers the role of travel in the generation of geographical ...

MinnPost’s local news coverage relies on the support of readers like you. Will you donate today to help us raise $14,000 this drive? “Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, ...

With Blokoshka, Polish design studio Zupagrafika recreates the monolithic concrete estates of post-war Eastern Europe–in miniature. Created by the Polish design studio Zupagrafika–the designers behind ...

While President Nixon prepared for his swing through the capitals of Western Europe, Eastern Europe last week marked a melancholy milestone. Six months have passed since Warsaw Pact tanks rumbled into ...