Final Point of the Russian Empire: Liepāja's Half a Million Emigrants
In the eight years of emigration from Liepāja to New York, over 500,000 people used the Russian-American line to reach the ‘Big Apple’.Continue Reading →
Forty Tatars in the Lithuanian Countryside: One Village's 600 Years of Islamic History
The most remarkable thing about these long forgotten heroes of Lithuanian history is their identity.Continue Reading →
The Baltic Revolution 25 Years On: An Interview with Anatol Lieven
Anatol Lieven was the only Western journalist permanently stationed in the Baltic states during the most dramatic years of their struggle for independence.Continue Reading →
Bohemian Adventures in Tallinn's Fish House
The quiet former fishermen’s district of Kalamaja is today one of Tallinn’s last remaining areas with a hodgepodge of old wooden houses and old-fashioned industrial complexes.Continue Reading →
Proof of Existence: Discovering Latvia through Exile Literature
This book was an attempt at a cogito ergo sum for the free Latvian nation: proof to the outside world that there was a country called Latvia, that Russia did…Continue Reading →