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  1. The Prague Spring endures?

    Suppose that the higher ups in the USSR decide against invading Czechoslovakia for whatever reason, and so Alexander Dubcek stays in power and continues to carry on with his reformist agenda. How would a more democratic Czechoslovakia affect political developments in the East Bloc, and how would...
  2. Alternative names for East Germany?

    Excluding Prussia, what could have been some alternate, other names that would have been used to represent east Germany? (Basically if it was referred to as something else rather than just East German Democratic Republic)
  3. The various *-punk eras in the former East Bloc and the Soviet Union

    How do you think the various eras of aesthetics, technology and social mores, whose categorizations have been given the names of Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Atompunk, Cassette Futurism, and Cyberpunk in modern Western pop culture and literature, can be applied to the 20th century Soviet Union and the...
  4. Why did Socialist Czechoslovakia's Economy perform worse than East Germany?

    Czechoslovakia was one of the world's most industrialized nations in the interwar, with economic performance and standards of living that were on par with the Western European nations. At the beginning of the Cold War it continued to be the most economically developed and productive Eastern Bloc...
  5. WI: The European Union doesn't incorporate former East Bloc countries as members?

    How do you think history would be different if the EU decides not to accept countries like Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia? How do you think the political climate of these countries, and the Western EU states would be different if these...
  6. AHC/WI: Make East Bloc Environmentalism and Green politics stronger

    In OTL, the government of Hungary, and at a smaller extent Poland started integrating Green politics into their version of Communism from the late 70s onwards. In East Germany, it happened around the time of the opening of the Berlin Wall in late 1989, when people were openly displaying how fed...
  7. WI: "Star Trek" was shown in the East Bloc during the Cold War?

    Although in OTL, the East Bloc countries (especially Poland, Hungary, and the USSR) had a large degree of sci-fi fandom, they never aired the "Star Trek" Original or Next Generation series on TV, until after Communism fell in the 90s, nor they showed the Star Trek movies in theatres. In...
  8. Mormonism in the East Bloc

    I've read about the Freiberg Germany Temple in the former East Germany, which was established for the Mormon (Latter-Day Saints) community of East Germany (who were present in Germany since the 19th century), so they wouldn't have to apply for a visa and visit the West to appear in a Mormon...
  9. Wrenches and Transistors - East Bloc nations hold on to State-owned industries

    How can we get a TL in which Communism falls in Eastern Europe around the time as it did in OTL, but most of the countries that formed the former East Bloc decide to hold on to the State-owned industries they built up during Communist times (particularily in the manufacturing of consumer...
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