Vollmann makes use of many historical figures as characters including composer Dmitri Shostakovich, artist Käthe Kollwitz, film director Roman Karmen, poet Anna Akhmatova, SS officer Kurt Gerstein, as well as German general Friedrich Paulus and Soviet general Andrey Vlasov.
Europe | Central Intelligence Agency | Comedy Central | Central Park | Central Asia | Central processing unit | Central America | Central | Eastern Europe | Central Europe | Central Committee | Central Java | 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games | Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games | Council of Europe | Great Central Railway | Grand Central Terminal | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe | Central African Republic | Western Europe | New York Central Railroad | central business district | University of Central Florida | China Central Television | Central Powers | Central Bureau of Investigation | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | United States Central Command | Europe 1 | Central railway station, Sydney |
Marijne started her career as a VJ for MTV Europe Central from London in the early 1990s and hosted such shows as Alternative Nation (every Wednesdays from 23:00), and the fashion world show The Pulse with Swatch.
Sokolovsky was a prominent figure in William T. Vollmann's 2005 National Book Award winning novel, Europe Central.