Willy Brandt and the problem of Germany's reconciliation with East European countries in the 70's
The article deals with the problem of Germany's reconciliation with East European countries in the late 1960's and in the early 1970's which is still scientifically and politically actual, the more so, as Russia's current place in Europe and the present-day level of relations between Russia and Germany call for a faithful reconstruction of modern "Ostpolitik" which was inspired by Willy Brandt. For that matter there is a need for investigation of Brandt's political views and their development, maturation of his concepts concerning reconciliation of West Germany and East European countries, as well as need for depicting the original history of formation and development of modern relations between West Germany and the countries of Eastern Europe in the 70's.