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the Mochovce Nuclear Power Plants complex in Slovakia became the first Soviet-era nuclear plant in Eastern Europe to have safety standards comparable to Western ones ?
the Berezan' Runestone is the only runestone discovered in Eastern Europe ?
the annual Gorolski Święto is the largest cultural and folklore festival in the Zaolzie region of Eastern Europe ?
the disastrous Battle of Beroia resulted in the disappearance of the nomadic Pecheneg people from eastern Europe ?
the first McDonald's restaurant in Eastern Europe was opened March 24 , 1988 in a former family house in Belgrade , constructed by Serbian architect Dimitrije T. Leko in 1893 ?
the Polish-Lithuanian union of Lublin in 1569 marked the beginning of centuries of struggle between Poland and Russia over Central and Eastern Europe ?
despite much preparation by Prussia , Toruń Fortress , one of the largest defence complexes in Central and Eastern Europe , did not play a significant role in World War I ?
Bruno Fonseca 's paintings The War Murals , inspired by violence in Eastern Europe , have been called "the most powerful statement of their kind since Picasso 's great Guernica "?
Dmitry Milyutin , the last Field Marshal of Imperial Russia , was responsible for introducing the general levy system into Eastern Europe ?
government by itineration was a key mechanism of government in the Middle Ages in northern and eastern Europe ?
The Paperboys are an award-winning Canadian folk music band that blends Celtic folk with Bluegrass , Mexican , Eastern European , African , zydeco , soul and country influences?
3–5.5 million OST-Arbeiters , slave laborers from Eastern Europe , worked in Nazi Germany during WWII ?
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Question 1 : The ________ [ 21] describes the following countries as located in:
Question 2 : What are people from Turkey known as?
Question 3 : The population density of Azerbaijan: How many people are there per square mile?
Question 4 : This usually refers to Central Europe and the ________ which have significantly different political, religious, cultural, and economic histories from their eastern neighbors.
Question 5 : What type of government does Ukraine have?
Question 6 : The fall of the ________ brought the end of the East-West division in Europe.
Question 7 : Most South-eastern European states did not belong to the ________ (save Bulgaria, Romania, and for a short time, Albania) although some of them were represented in the Cominform .
Question 8 : Many countries of this region joined the European Union , namely the ________ , Estonia , Hungary , Latvia , Lithuania , Poland , Slovakia , Slovenia , Bulgaria , and Romania .
Question 9 : FRY was later renamed to ________ and, in 2006, it broke up into these two countries.
Question 10 : Under pressure from Stalin these nations rejected to receive funds from the ________ .