Prehistoric child's toy (circa 18,000 b.c.). Jumping antelope spinning disk. Found in France.4yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Prehistoric child's toy (circa 18,000 b.c.). Jumping antelope spinning disk.4yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
5.8Bn. high-speed rail project Rail Baltica as a part of the North Sea-Baltic Core Network Corridor4yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Rail Baltica - project which will link all three Baltic states with higher-speed rail line. Construction planned to start in 2019 and should be completed in 2026.5yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
SCMP Infographic from 2015 : The race for Arctic domination [Source and link to full article in comments]4yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/geopolitics
Current status for future enlargement of the European Union in Western Balkans5yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Map showing spread of caesium from the Chernobyl accident in the first few days5yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
It’s 33 years since Chernobyl disaster. Here is a photo of how the site looks currently with the New Safe Containment5yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Due to the recent US threats about US withdrawal from Germany, here is a table of current US troop deployment in Europe.5yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Cell phone coverage map of Russia shows the extent of territories, in which people actually live5yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Turkey is building a new canal named Kanal Istanbul, planned to finish in 2023, which will connect the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara. Kanal Istanbul would bisect the current European side of Istanbul and thus form an island between the continents of Asia and Europe.5yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Barricades in Moscow during 1993 October constitutional crisis (more photos and source in comments)4yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
One of the most recognizable flags in the world, the chequered racing flag5yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/vexillology
On this day 74 years ago, the conference that would in many ways shape the post-war order began in Yalta5yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
The territory of a Soviet country called Lithuania-Belarus that existed for approximately five months during 1919. The republic was dissolved after the Polish Army took over its claimed territory of eastern Lithuania during the Polish–Soviet War.4yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Euler diagram showing the relationships between various multinational European organisations and agreements5yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Map of a concept of a Polish-Czechoslovak confederation supported by Polish government-in-exile and Allies during WW2.4yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Lemko republic, a small short-lived state founded on December 1918, disestablished in March 1920.5yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Political Map of the new States of Europe in according to Treaties of Paris 1919-19204yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
On this day in 1991 the coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapsed after which the disintegration of the Soviet Union accelerated.5yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Republic of Perloja (1918-1923), a small republic established by locals after WWI, to keep order and protect the local population.5yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991–1995). In my opinion one of the most unique and interesting flags in Europe.5yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Photo of Tsar Nicholas II's opening speech before the first elected State Duma on 27 April 1906. There would be only a total of four elected State Duma's in Russian Empire before the Bolshevik coup in 1917.4yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
Timothy Snyder's designated Bloodlands territory which in the period between 1939 and 1945 suffered double occupation, holocaust, famines, deportations and mass shootings. Vast majority of casualties were noncombatants.4yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/europe
[Question] This is a BBC made map. The green territory is supposedly indicated as Kurdish and Syrian government control, does it mean the green territory will remain just as it was under Kurdish control before Turkish offensive or will the entire Kurdish zone become dual control zone with Syria?4yr ⋅ ObdurateSloth ⋅ r/syriancivilwar
