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• History of Christianization of Europe
• Soviet Union, Communist influence
• Map of European ethnic groups
• Map of Fascism in Europe (1922-75)
• History of Islamic conquest in Europe
• Religions & ethnic groups in Russia

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• Muhammad cartoon crisis in pictures
• Stalin's private summer home
• Ravenna: capital of Gothic empire
• Czar Nicholas II's Ukrainian palace
• European traditional costumes/dress
• Inside the Vatican, house of all wealth

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• Islamic Mujahidin vs. Spain & El Cid
• Poland-Lithuania vs. Teutonic Order
• Nevskiy's Russia vs. German Crusaders
• Mussolini vs. Libyan Islamic fighters
• Qadafi: Europe will soon be Islamic
• Ivan the Terrible vs. Muslim Tatars 

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• Inside Albania, Europe's only Muslim culture (with rare pictures)
• History of Jihad in Chechnya
& Caucasus vs. Russians

• History of the Muslim Tatars in Russia
• Ethnic & religious history of Serbs, Croats, & Bosnians
• History of Italy: from Roman rule to Germanic barbarian
• The cost & bloodshed of the Serb-Albanian conflict in Kosovo
• Inside Bulgaria, 1st Slavic nation,
land of Thracian masters of gold

• Visual history of Yugoslavia
• Inside Muslim Turkey: right for the European Union? 

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Map of the Soviet Union & global Communist influence
by James Mayfield (Chairman, European Heritage Library)

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Below is an map the ELA has published charting the historic power and influence of both the Soviet Union and communism throughout the last 50 years. If you have any questions, or if a country or culture was excluded, feel free to notify us.

Mapping Information & Extra Notes:

The supporting nations are shown in orange. The Warsaw Pact states are shown in cyan (light blue). The Jugoslav states are shown in dark blue. Afghanistan and Yemen are shown in different colours as their history does not consist of a total overthrow, but a regional and secretarian schism of Communists within, or in a civil war.

Albania is shown as a member of the Warsaw Pact in order to show the dominant influence of Communism in Albanian politics, especially under the regime of Enver Hoxha, despite the fact that Albania withdrew from the Warsaw Pact and entered a state of isolation.

Though many nations in non-Arab Africa, perhaps most, saw a violent Communist civil war, those selected for this map (Benin, Angola, Mozambique) saw full government leadership under communist regimes, sponsoring the Soviet Union.

Click the below map for the full-size version! Click on the map to zoom.

If an error has been made, please notify the EHA Staff.

 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

James Mayfield is the owner and Chairman of the European Heritage Library. I am working for a doctorate in history, with a specific emphasis on Islamic and European histories. I am well versed in all world cultures, ethnicities, religions, languages, politics, and historical evolution in relation to and against each other.

BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES USED:

The image used as the basis for the map is widely redistributed and is not protected.


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