Anyone went on holiday to Yugoslavia? the USSR? East Germany? Czechoslovakia? any Eastern Bloc went it was communist times?

 

if so what was it like in those pre-Tesco times? really backwards? you know like in that film goodbye lenin

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/Honecker2.jpg

man from the GDR

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Map_of_Warsaw_Pact_countries.png

communist europe behind that iron curtain

The government in East Germany used to only allow records of 'cultural significance' to be released there. But somehow one of the few Western artists to get a release [on the Amegia label] was Kylie Minogue.

 

When the wall came down all the horrible schlagger singers became superstars because that was the music the communists surpressed the most. So Heino and Peter Alexander have Gorbachov to thank for their continued success.

The government in East Germany used to only allow records of 'cultural significance' to be released there. But somehow one of the few Western artists to get a release [on the Amegia label] was Kylie Minogue.

 

When the wall came down all the horrible schlagger singers became superstars because that was the music the communists surpressed the most. So Heino and Peter Alexander have Gorbachov to thank for their continued success.

 

what the fu<k?

 

the question was did you go to these countries when the wall was still up

I did this in History for GCSE, and I'm doing History a-level too.

Very interesting. Obviously never been there during this time as I wasn't born.

I did this in History for GCSE, and I'm doing History a-level too.

Very interesting. Obviously never been there during this time as I wasn't born.

 

yeah i love looking at countries and their history from say the last 50 years or so (post war)

 

love all the eastern bloc ones. seem very interesting

yeah i love looking at countries and their history from say the last 50 years or so (post war)

 

love all the eastern bloc ones. seem very interesting

 

Yeah I love History. I had a question on Russia and USA in my exam, I had to write all the differences like USA being Capitalist etc. I've still got another history exam, and although we got 1 hour 45 mins, it weren't enough. I didn't even get to finish lol. There were so many questions. I wrote nearly 11 A4 pages out of a 12 page answer book. I had to leave out a whole 6 mark question so I could do another question that was more marks.

Yeah I love History. I had a question on Russia and USA in my exam, I had to write all the differences like USA being Capitalist etc. I've still got another history exam, and although we got 1 hour 45 mins, it weren't enough. I didn't even get to finish lol. There were so many questions. I wrote nearly 11 A4 pages out of a 12 page answer book. I had to leave out a whole 6 mark question so I could do another question that was more marks.

 

i would like a map that shows the changes year by year

 

(and with serbia and montenegro i will have to buy a new new map now)