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It's a common mistake that everything behind the iron curtain is considered "Eastern Europe". Say this to someone from Bratislava, Prague or anyone else of tha
by koonsolo 10y ago
It's a common mistake that everything behind the iron curtain is considered "Eastern Europe".
Say this to someone from Bratislava, Prague or anyone else of that region, and they will correct you that they live in "Central Europe".
While we (Western Europe and probably US) associate those countries with the Soviet influence, they themselves consider themselves 100% European, and didn't understand why Western Europe never came to rescue them. They want to forget the Soviet influence as fast as possible.
- ddebernardy 10y agoIt's not that clearcut though. My wife (Hungarian) and her friends, who grew up before the Berlin Wall fell, tend to identify as being Eastern Europeans (because Soviet block). I imagine it's a generational thing, though, with elders and youngsters being cognizant about being from Central Europe.