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> Eastern Europe / the Balkans are pretty complex. They have been ruled by The first and second Bulgarian Empires, The Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire, and t
by lou1306 6y ago
> Eastern Europe / the Balkans are pretty complex. They have been ruled by The first and second Bulgarian Empires, The Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire, and the Ottomans.
Pretty much sums it up, but you forgot the Most Serene Republic of Venice :)
- tpm 6y agoAnd also partly by Austria-Hungary and the Soviet Union who all left their marks.
- mushbino 6y agoDon't forget the relationship between Italy and Albania. Also, it might be worth noting that although influenced by the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Albania separately broke ties with Stalin in a pretty bold move for the time.
- ljosifov 6y agoI like to think Yugoslavia got lucky there and managed to get away from Stalin in 1948 b/c: 1) It was already on the periphery of the SU sphere of influence, not central (unlike the unlucky Hungary, Czechoslovakia etc) 2) It was already agreed it will be 50:50 sphere of influence SU:US, at Yalta conference only couple of years back 3) In 1948 SU still lacked the atom bomb, while US already got it 4) Memory of WW2 still very fresh, would SU risk confrontation with US over far&away lands