Historian, Dr. John Lukacs

“Still, one matter belonging to the twentieth century, including the Cold War, may be worth mentioning: after nearly a half-century of occupation by Russia, the effects of Russian culture, language, religion, and habits on the peoples of Eastern Europe were virtually nonexistent.” ─ A Short History of the Twentieth Century, Copyright © 2013 by John Lukacs, The Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press, Page 182.