Europa Środkowo-Wschodnia jako przestrzeń pogranicza

The study indicates that Central and Eastern Europe reveals cultural and civilizational distinct as a borderline space. This borderland shaped largely by the division of Europe into Roman Catholic and Orthodox. In the space, cultural values and patterns overlap: Western Europe, Orthodox and some Oriental. Today, the space is often identified with the periphery of Western Europe. In this space, the specific, long-term culture face formed, which is inter alia a consequence of a favour attitude of Middle-Eastern Europe communities towards the immigrant population. It is followed by the revealed phenomena of ideological and political manipulation. It is noted that the cultural identity of this space is an integral part of Europe as a whole.