Course materials

Miscellaneous useful documents

Pronounciation guide to East European Languages

Eastern Europe during and after WWII, boundaries and governance

Eastern Europe today, population, area and per capita GNP

Maps

Full-color maps

Geographical features
Eastern Europe in 1910,
before the Balkan Wars and World War I
Eastern Europe in 1930

Eastern Europe after World War II

Line maps, shaded maps

Geographical features
Eastern Europe in 1923
Eastern Europe in World War II
Eastern Europe 1948-1991

Hungary before and after World War I
Romania before and after World War I
Czechoslovakia's contested border regions

On writing

Editorial markings

Dangling phrases
The fumblerules of grammar
Spell checker

Links to useful webpages

Background Notes, U.S. State Department
The World Factbook 2002
, Central Intelligence Agency
Country Studies, from the Library of Congress
Slavophilia, with links for all Slavic countries
Lonely Planet
guidebooks
Rough Guides
guidebooks
World News
, news service with country links
Inside Countries
, news service with country subpages