Even the clothing - such as the uniforms that people are wearing (military and civilian), the older fleet of cars present on the roads in many post-Eastern Bloc

Even the clothing - such as the uniforms that people are wearing (military and civilian), the older fleet of cars present on the roads in many post-Eastern Bloc nations, the wonderful architecture from the pre-1990's still extant, and more, there are large similarities between the photos and the what things look like today. Of course, things have changed, but to a large degree, the images presented have so much in common with the present.