Tag Archives: Soviet Union

The real Soviet War Memorial in Berlin

Posted on 2023-05-09 by Andreas Moser

Many visitors are surprised when, in the center of the German capital, right next to Brandenburg Gate and Parliament, between plenty of other monuments, and only a short walk from the train station, they see two Soviet tanks and an … Continue reading →

Posted in Germany, History, Photography, Ukraine, World War II | Tagged architecture, Berlin, Soviet Union | 3 Comments

Journey to the Center of Europe – Kruhlyi, Ukraine

Posted on 2022-08-22 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. For the project “Journey to the Center of Europe”, I am going to visit all the places that have ever laid claim to being the geographical center of Europe or the European Union. And write about them. … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, Europe, History, Photography, Romania, Travel, Ukraine | Tagged hitchhiking, Solotvyno, Soviet Union | 8 Comments

One Hundred Years Ago, Germany and Russia laid the Foundation for World War II – April 1922: Rapallo

Posted on 2022-05-01 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. Did you ever notice that the term “discovery” is only used when a white guy first steps onto some territory, where non-white folks have been living for a long time? And that fake explorer fame is even … Continue reading →

Posted in Germany, History, Italy, Military, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, World War I, World War II | Tagged international law, Rapallo, Soviet Union | 12 Comments

One Hundred Years Ago, Countries were established that have been all but forgotten – August 1921: Baranya-Baja and Tannu-Tuva

Posted on 2021-09-02 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. Attentive readers of this series know that the maps of Europe and the Middle East were shaped in the years following World War I. For some states, however, you needed a magnifying glass to even find them … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Hungary, Politics, Ukraine | Tagged Mongolia, Soviet Union, Trianon, Yugoslavia | 6 Comments

One Hundred Years Ago, a German Baron from the Baltics established a Kingdom in Mongolia – March 1921: Roman von Ungern-Sternberg

Posted on 2021-03-11 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. With the spectacular opening episode of this historical series, I wanted to point out that World War I ended neither with the armistice nor with the peace treaty. Shooting, fighting, conquering, occupying and liberating continued everywhere. The … Continue reading →

Posted in China, History, Military, Russia | Tagged anti-semitism, Mongolia, Nazis, Soviet Union | 11 Comments

“Sovietistan” and “The Border” by Erika Fatland

Posted on 2021-01-15 by Andreas Moser

Hier gibt es diese Rezension auf Deutsch. Do you also have so many travel guides at home for countries you never made it to? I still got a Lonely Planet guidebook for Central Asia, which I bought in 2007. Apparently, … Continue reading →

Posted in Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Books, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Ukraine | Tagged Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, MacLehose, Mongolia, Pegasus, Soviet Union, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan | 11 Comments

Remembrance with Kebab: Babi Yar

Posted on 2020-11-12 by Andreas Moser

I don’t know what exactly I expected when I went to the site of the largest mass shooting in the Holocaust, but this I didn’t expect. Continue reading →

Posted in Germany, History, Holocaust, Photography, Travel, Ukraine, World War II | Tagged Kyiv, Soviet Union | 16 Comments

Hiiumaa, the real Adventure Island

Posted on 2020-09-15 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Berichts. I have been on lots of islands, some of them far away like Australia or Easter Island. After paying a lot and polluting heaps of air to get there, I was wondering if it’s really … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War, Estonia, History, Military, Photography, Travel | Tagged Hiiumaa, sea, Soviet Union | 14 Comments

The Iron Curtain and Freedom of Travel

Posted on 2020-08-28 by Andreas Moser

When I was in Transnistria, I had to go to the immigration office to obtain a tourism permit that would allow me to stay in the country beyond the 48-hour visa that I had picked up at the train station. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War, History, Transnistria, Travel | Tagged Soviet Union, Tiraspol, Yugoslavia | 14 Comments

Wait, when was World War II again?

Posted on 2020-05-04 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. A strange questions, it seems, especially coming from someone studying history. But the more you travel in the post-Soviet world, i.e. in the countries that became independent after the end of the Soviet Union, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Abkhazia, History, Military, Photography, Russia, Ukraine, World War II | Tagged Soviet Union | 14 Comments