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[–] 11 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

Why is upper Austria chopped into 2 pieces? And another piece added from Styria?

Also why is upper Austria lower down than lower Austria?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    To this day, Russian espionage operations have a free hand in Austria, with Vienna teeming with FSB/GRU agents and electronic intelligence facilities and the Austrian government being able to do little to impede them due to this treaty. Also, Austrian companies like Svarovski Optik supply the Russian armed forces to this day.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    There's a HUGE Soviet war memorial in Vienna, I wandered into the plaza by accident and was like "wtf is this doing here?"

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

    Thanking the “liberators”, ignoring the welcome that Austria gave to Hitler.

    The Ukrainian flag painted behind it is a nice touch, if it’s still there.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    "liberators"

    Why the quotes? The Soviet military deserves credit where it's due when it comes to defending Europe against fascism during WW2

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    When did Austria reunify? Also 1989?

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