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This page was written to assist historians understand the
Eastern European Business Directory Project. Tens of thousands of
pages covering early Eastern European commercial entities are
available and hopefully in the future, these documents will be
scanned and available for researchers.
With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe in December
1989 and the initial euphoria which followed, few western business
people, or even western government trade offices, for that matter,
had any idea of what was manufactured or produced in Eastern Europe,
nor did key westerners realize the technologies and advancements that
were potentially available in almost all fields. At that time, the
term "Eastern Europe" also included the European based
republics of the former Soviet Union, as well as the then "East
Germany" (Democratic Republic of Germany or DDR). By early 1993,
the understanding of the term "Eastern Europe" no longer
included the European countries of the former Soviet Union and did
not included the former Eastern Germany, which by then was incorporated/merged
into the expanded Federal Republic of Germany. As of this writing,
the term Eastern Europe now indeed does include many of the former
republics of the Soviet Union, though often Russia is not included in
that understanding of the term, while countries such as the Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Poland and others are presently considered
"Central Europe". It is possible that in the future, this
will represent a constant confusion among historians to understand
the what country was considered where, at any given time.
In an effort to enhance mutually beneficial trade, the
distinguished Eastern European Business Database project was
developed by Frank X. Didik of New York City. Over 2000 trade
bureaus, government offices, municipalities and others agreed to
participated and supplied vital industrial information to be
incorporated into the primary book and, later, the CD-Rom's which
were produced. As a result of this project, the Eastern European
Business Directory was published in the United States and England and
elsewhere by Gale Research, which was at the time, one of the largest
business book publishers. The Eastern European Business Directory was
the very first comprehensive directory covering every major and
significant Eastern European factory, businesses and industrial and
commercial enterprises.
At the time when this massive project was first published in
late 1990, it was the only such comprehensive source available and as
such libraries, corporations, government agencies and key investors
world wide, quickly snapped up the Eastern European Business
Directory. It was distributed by many distinguished organizations
including the United States Department of Commerce and others world
wide. Today, the Eastern European Business Directory can be found in
almost every major library, corporation, embassy and government trade
office world wide. To enhance mutually beneficial trade, other trade
directories covering the west were written and compiled by Frank X.
Didik and published in several countries including Poland, former
Czechoslovakia, and Hungary.
For additional information on a wide array of Frank X. Didik
development projects, including such areas as solar and electric
powered cars, stereo 3D television, stereographic printing, medical
devices, infrastructure devices, Trans-Global Highway and others,
please go to www.DIDIK.com
or www.FrankDidik.com.
You may also contact Frank Didik at eebd@didik.com.
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