Era of Dance: How Riga Brought Techno Music to the Soviet Union
A new Latvian/Russian documentary film tells the story of how the techno explosion of the '80s was brought to the Soviet Union - via RigaContinue Reading →
Soviet Baltic Visuals: Images of Everyday Life in the USSR
This dramatic poster from Soviet Lithuania urges citizens to look after their forests.Continue Reading →
Britain and the Baltics 2 – …to Peep Show
"We consider [the Soviet Union and Russia] to be synonymous, don't we?"Continue Reading →
Keeping Alive an Extinct Language: the Finno-Ugric Tongue of Latvia's Remote Fishing Villages
The north-west corner of Latvia, the so-called Livonian coast, is the home of a nation struggling to survive.Continue Reading →
Two Years of Tracking Down Imaginary Latvians
"Imaginary Latvians always seem to make “cameo appearances,” popping up when you least expect it."Continue Reading →