As a Slavic studies major, you explore the contemporary culture, film, theater, literature and linguistics of eastern and central Europe and Eurasia, as well as the historical relations between Slavic ...

Like many important discoveries, it happened by accident. Alena Slamova, a Czech graduate student in archaeology, was routinely washing some animal bones that had been recovered from a dig in an early ...

Ukraine's capital has distinct Eastern European charm, cultural complexity KIEV, Ukraine -- Shining with Orthodox golden domes that rise from forested hilltops, crisscrossed by narrow cobblestone ...

63. Slavyana — Russian origin, meaning "glorious" 64. Vladlena — It's also a feminine combination of Vladimir and Elena, which shows the balance of strength and grace. 65. Stanislava — Polish and ...

In Czechoslovakia there has just been completed The Epic of Slavic History, a series of 20 paintings so enormous that Alfons Mucha, the artist, has been as busy with stepladders as with lexicons. For ...

Any Slavic language-speaker will have noticed the huge number of German loan words, but there are hardly any slavic-origin words in German. But let's take a look at a few which have stuck in Germans’ ...

Vetschau-Beyond the Spreewald lies a wondrous place. A site where present, past and future intersect. Near Lübbenau, the A15 autobahn leads past lignite mines, wind turbines, solar panels - and a ...

Choosing a baby name is exciting, stressful, fun and overwhelming. It’s all of the things! But here's an idea with true international flair: Russian girl names! That's right; while everyone else is ...