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Life in Decline: Artists on Estonia’s Post-Industrial East

"One has to come to Kohtla-Nõmme on purpose..."

The Interwar Plan for a “Backup Lithuania”: An Interview with Karolis Kaupinis

"Searching for solutions on a large scale, he didn’t find any on the small scale. That’s pretty usual among people."

Latgalian: How the Language of Eastern Latvia is Being Revitalised

Latgalian is the mother tongue of around 164,000 people. Historically subject to restrictions and stigmatisation, now a new generation are reviving their language

Feature Article deepbalticOctober 14, 2021 0

Paneriai under the Soviets: Between Abandonment and Commemoration

Up to 70,000 people, mostly Jews from Vilnius, were shot at Paneriai during the Nazi occupation of LithuaniaContinue Reading →

culture deepbalticSeptember 21, 2021 0

In Latvia’s “Egypt”: Photos on Lockdown in a Forgotten Borderland

"I like working with environments where there is seemingly nothing, because then you start to pay attention to the smallest details"Continue Reading →

Author deepbalticSeptember 9, 2021 0

Life in Decline: Artists on Estonia’s Post-Industrial East

"One has to come to Kohtla-Nõmme on purpose..."Continue Reading →

Estonia deepbalticAugust 30, 2021 0

The Train Station Ateljee: Stumbling Across Estonia’s Distant History

Somehow, this display has affected me more than all the statues I’ve seen in city centres all over the world, names carved in marble.Continue Reading →

Latvia deepbalticAugust 3, 2021 0

Red Courland: A Guide to the Revolutionary Relics of Kuldīga

“In this building in Autumn 1905 was based the Kuldīga Revolutionary Committee”Continue Reading →

culture

In Latvia’s “Egypt”: Photos on Lockdown in a Forgotten Borderland

"I like working with environments where there is seemingly nothing, because then you start to pay attention to the smallest…

Life in Decline: Artists on Estonia’s Post-Industrial East

"One has to come to Kohtla-Nõmme on purpose..."

Insomnia: The Latvian Novel Unpublishable Under the Soviets

"The novel Insomnia ... possesses no artistic quality of any kind. In reality it is not a novel, but a…

The Interwar Plan for a “Backup Lithuania”: An Interview with Karolis Kaupinis

"Searching for solutions on a large scale, he didn’t find any on the small scale. That’s pretty usual among people."

Meming in a Minority Language: Young Latgalians and the Internet

Recent research has given an overview of what young Latgalian-speaking people want to see and hear online in their language

Latgalian: How the Language of Eastern Latvia is Being Revitalised

Latgalian is the mother tongue of around 164,000 people. Historically subject to restrictions and stigmatisation, now a new generation are…

Travel

The Train Station Ateljee: Stumbling Across Estonia’s Distant History

Somehow, this display has affected me more than all the statues I’ve seen in city centres all over the world,…

Red Courland: A Guide to the Revolutionary Relics of Kuldīga

“In this building in Autumn 1905 was based the Kuldīga Revolutionary Committee”

Verilaske: In Search of a Bloodletting Estonian Village

“I have lived here all my life, and I’ve never been to Verilaske... maybe people who go to Verilaske never…

Sillamäe: Inside a Former Soviet Secret City in Estonia

Sillamäe was a ‘closed city,’ often referred to by codenames and guarded within a military perimeter – often it didn’t…

Lithuania's Ancient Heartland: Visiting the Grand Duchy's Abandoned Capital

Once the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kernavė was abandoned in the 14th century. Today, it hosts medieval…

Reading Between Kopli's Lines: Exploring Tallinn's Vanishing Slum

"For the adventurer, photographer, urban explorer or historian, Kopli Lines are a beautifully preserved window into the past."

Interviews

The Interwar Plan for a “Backup Lithuania”: An Interview with Karolis Kaupinis

"Searching for solutions on a large scale, he didn’t find any on the small scale. That’s pretty usual among people."

The Shadow in the East: An Interview with Aliide Naylor

"When Trump ascended to the US presidency I started looking more about what the division of the world into the…

"The Forest Is in Our DNA": Lithuania's Ancient Woods

"We can be proud that we have these in Lithuania, because in Western Europe these were already gone a hundred…

The Other Estonian Language: Preserving and Promoting Võro

North Estonian came to dominate in the 19th century and became the basis for modern standard Estonian, while South Estonian…

Learning Yiddish and Searching for Jewish Lithuania: Laura Esther Wolfson

Laura Esther Wolfson's collection of non-fiction covers the author’s life and travels in the United States, France and the former…

"Someone Always Pays": Siberian Exile and Nazi Collaboration in a Single Family

An interview with the Lithuanian-Canadian author Julija Šukys, whose most recent book found her unearthing troubling secrets about her family's…