Cities after the fall of communism : reshaping cultural landscapes and European identity The changing face of Vilnius : from capital to administrative center and back Irena Vaisvilaite The Novgorod model : creating a European past in Russia Nicolai N. Petro Wrocławs search for a new historical narrative : from polonocentrism to postmodernism Gregor Thum Mapping Tallinn after communism : modernist architecture as representation of a small nation Jörg Hackmann The persuasive power of the Odessa myth Oleg Gubar and Patricia Herlihy Traveling today through Sevastopols past : postcommunist continuity in a Ukrainian cityscape Karl D. Qualls Locating Kaliningrad Königsberg on the map of Europe : a Russia in Europe or a Europe in Russia  Olga Sezneva Kharkiv : a borderland city Volodymyr Kravchenko Lviv in search of its identity : transformations of the citys public space Liliana Hentosh and Bohdan Tscherkes Łódź in the postcommunist era : in search of a new identity Joanna Michlic Szczecins identity after 1989 : a local turn Jan Musekamp Conclusion: Cities after the fall Nida Gelazis Blair A. Ruble and John Czaplicka