Monuments and Memorials: the Predicament of a Nation State
In Estonia, the most blatant symbols of foreign power were indeed removed, but not without hesitation.Continue Reading →
A Ghost Town Deep in the Baltic Forests: Exploring Skrunda-1
It was late morning, somewhere on a long straight road in western Latvia, when the satnav finally announced our arrival.Continue Reading →
Fiction: "The Saviour of Lasnamäe"
Natalya Filippovna may be a middle-aged single mother and member of the Russian minority in Estonia, but she is content with her simple life.Continue Reading →
A Ghost Town Unsuitable for Humans: Patarei Sea Fortress
“When I walk through the place, memories of other people keep popping up; it is a geography of grief."Continue Reading →
Dissidence in Our Blood: Survival in a 1984 Soviet Bunker
“You, obviously, have got to play the dissident. You Lithuanian-Americans were all dissidents to the Soviets.”Continue Reading →