Eastern European history

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  1. 5. This country's flag is red with a black eagle crest
  2. 7. The capital of the Byzantine empire
  3. 10. A political ideology that spread in Russia in 1917
  4. 12. The capital of Ukraine
  5. 13. An age during the 10th and 11th centuries, Kiev, the capital of Kievan Rus, experienced a golden age. It was a center of trade, culture, and religious activity, with strong ties to Byzantium and other European powers.
  6. 14. The Byztantine empire reached its peak under this emperor
  7. 15. The national dish of this nation
  8. 16. Named Joseph and the leader of the Soviet Union during WW2
Down
  1. 1. An Ancient Eastern European tribe
  2. 2. This country was partitioned 3 times in the late 18th century
  3. 3. This is the capital of an eastern European nation
  4. 4. An empire which began in the 14th century
  5. 6. In this month in 1989, the Iron Curtain fell
  6. 8. This religion spread in both the east and west
  7. 9. The flag of this country is red, blue and yellow with an eagle coat of arms
  8. 11. A Romanian dish of cabbage