Petersburg." But the policy was abandoned by Kaiser Wilhelm II. The contest between Russia and Austria-Hungary, supported by Germany, for control of the Balkan heritage of the Ottoman Empire was the ...

For centuries, these empires had represented the dominant form of political organisation in central and eastern Europe and the Balkans and the Middle East. These empires derived their legitimacy ...

For centuries, these empires had represented the dominant form of political organisation in central and eastern Europe and the Balkans and the Middle East. These empires derived their legitimacy ...

The arrival of HMT Empire Windrush in the Thames Estuary ... Europe and the Soviet-dominated countries of Central and Eastern Europe. As a consequence, the geopolitical Iron Curtain was reflected ...

Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires — and Soviet Russia. It ended World War I on the eastern front and redistributed large parts of Eastern Europe. "Ukrainian politicians traveled to Brest ...