Bereits in den vergangenen Jahren wurde es hier immer ruhiger, längst haben sich die Prioritäten geändert. Auch die Kosten überwiegen längst den verbliebenen Nutzen. Deshalb ist nun Schluss: Am 17. Februar 2026 geht der Ostblog offline.
Die hier festgehaltenen Reisen und Erlebnisse über fast zwei Jahrzehnte bleiben für immer in meinen Erinnerungen (und zum Teil auch drüben im Internet Archive). Schön war’s!
Lena is originally from the Tajik capital Dushanbe. As is the case with many from the former USSR, her family history could be the material for a movie script. Her mother is Russian, and her father was German. Her great-grandfather had been an industrialist in Donetsk, then in the Russian…
Eduard Kaufmann was born in Tula, Russia. But as both his parents have German roots, his family moved to Offenbach in Western Germany when he was 10 years old. He said that he was not interested in going back to Russia at all and that he does not even feel…
