Higher Education in a Post-War Refugee Camp: The Baltic University
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Higher Education in a Post-War Refugee Camp: The Baltic University

"He was truly amazed, if not perhaps shocked, that people, refugees, were not only thinking of creating a university, but were actually organising it."Continue Reading →

Pagan Faith, Accelerated Technology: A Walk on Estonia’s Muhu Island
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Pagan Faith, Accelerated Technology: A Walk on Estonia’s Muhu Island

Organised religion, imported by a series of invaders and occupiers, was never able to fully repress pagan traditions in Estonia.Continue Reading →

How the Children of Baltic Refugees to Britain are Rediscovering their Roots
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How the Children of Baltic Refugees to Britain are Rediscovering their Roots

"When my grandfather died, my father stopped speaking Latvian... he had no-one to speak to"Continue Reading →

Long Hair and Bell-Bottoms Behind the Iron Curtain: Soviet Hippies
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Long Hair and Bell-Bottoms Behind the Iron Curtain: Soviet Hippies

"A record was a holy thing that would go from hand to hand, recorded over and over on reel tapes."Continue Reading →

ЛАЙФ V КАЙФ or How to Trip in the Soviet Union
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ЛАЙФ V КАЙФ or How to Trip in the Soviet Union

The Estonian director Terje Toomistu, who has recently completed a documentary about the hippie movement in the Soviet Union, writes about drug culture behind the Iron Curtain.Continue Reading →

Gatis Krūmiņš: Debunking Myths of Soviet Investment in the Baltics
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Gatis Krūmiņš: Debunking Myths of Soviet Investment in the Baltics

Krūmiņš's calculations appear to show that, actually, Latvia – in common with all of the Baltic states – was a net contributor to the Soviet budgetContinue Reading →

“Ground” – Haunting Photos of Industry and the Baltic Winter
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“Ground” – Haunting Photos of Industry and the Baltic Winter

Ground is a cartographic project of sorts, one which points out transport arteries such as train tracks, roads, pipelines, high voltage transmission lines...Continue Reading →

How Baltic Refugees Returned from North American Exile to Lead their Countries
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How Baltic Refugees Returned from North American Exile to Lead their Countries

“My parents fled terror in Estonia in World War Two, which is why I have this accent.”Continue Reading →

The “New Russian Empire” and the Baltic States: an Interview with Agnia Grigas
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The “New Russian Empire” and the Baltic States: an Interview with Agnia Grigas

"Moscow has long relied on ethnic politics to achieve their aims of weakening and destabilizing their neighbours or newly conquered territories."Continue Reading →

Discussing Identity and Minorities in an Estonian Border City, Pt. 2
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Discussing Identity and Minorities in an Estonian Border City, Pt. 2

Narva is a particularly interesting place to discuss minorities and identy, being more overwhelmingly minority-majority than any large city in the Baltics.Continue Reading →

Discussing Identity and Minorities in an Estonian Border City
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Discussing Identity and Minorities in an Estonian Border City

Narva is a particularly interesting place to discuss minorities and identy, being more overwhelmingly minority-majority than any large city in the Baltics.Continue Reading →

“Minu Nimi On… Kevin?” Estonia a Safe Haven for a Demonised Name
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“Minu Nimi On… Kevin?” Estonia a Safe Haven for a Demonised Name

In a land where other people are named Tiit, Peep, Slava, and Rasmus, Kevin is safe and sound.Continue Reading →