Victory Day in Central and Eastern Europe – a Triumph Not Worth Celebrating?

..., after the complete withdrawal of Soviet troops, it fell to virtually 16% . This fact is quite obvious: Czechoslovakia and Hungary and Poland developed more slowly than Austria. At the same time, the state of affairs with respect to the development ... ... be represented at the 9 May 2015 celebrations by the country’s Ambassador accredited in Moscow”. Larisa Smirnova: World War II and Change of Generations: Trauma, Myth, and Memory The same argument was put forward in all cases: to visit Moscow ...