Many traces of the communist dictatorship can be found in today’s modern and thriving Hungary. The most visited ones, like … Continue reading The Cold War in Hungary – Military Collections, Leftovers & More
Since the beginning caught in the storm of WWII, Poland saw its border changed again in 1945 by the Western … Continue reading Soviet ‘Monolith’ Nuclear Bunkers in Poland – Survivors & Ghosts
Among all oddities populating the extensive area of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – the immense cordoned area surrounding the ill-fated … Continue reading Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – Third Chapter: Pripyat
The nuclear power-plant of Chernobyl took its name from an early medieval village – actually one of the oldest settlements … Continue reading Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – Second Chapter: Nuclear Power-Plant & Nearby Villages
Especially after the acclaimed HBO series of 2019, the events of the Chernobyl accident, as well as the drama of … Continue reading Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – First Chapter: Duga Radar and Military Village
For the full span of the Cold War, the communist German Democratic Republic has been a highly militarized region. Due … Continue reading Soviet and East German Relics North of Berlin
During the Cold War the condition of Denmark on the international stage was among the most complex. Coming from years … Continue reading Cold War Forts and Museums in Denmark
Despite their great destructive potential and strategic relevance, nuclear assets were deployed far from the ‘centers of power’ in Moscow … Continue reading Soviet Depots for Nuclear Warheads in the GDR
Founded as a trading post back in the 5th century in the Ostrogoth region on the far eastern border of … Continue reading A Walk in Kiev – From Medieval Town to Post-Soviet Metropolis
A little known fragment of Cold War history concerns the deployment of ballistic missiles by the Soviet Union outside of … Continue reading Soviet SS-12 Scaleboard Nuclear Missiles in the GDR
