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How Lithuanians Conquered the World: The Case for a Migration Museum
Author deepbalticJanuary 21, 2021 0

How Lithuanians Conquered the World: The Case for a Migration Museum

Those who left made a tremendous impact globally, and without them, there may never have been the Beatles or Bob DylanContinue Reading →

Searching for Nikolajs Hercbergs: the Mystery Man Who Photographed Riga
culture deepbalticOctober 26, 2020 0

Searching for Nikolajs Hercbergs: the Mystery Man Who Photographed Riga

Nikolajs Hercbergs took thousands of pictures of Latvia's capital during the interwar years for reasons that are still unclearContinue Reading →

Architecture of Optimism: Building a Temporary Capital for Lithuania
Lithuania deepbalticMay 25, 2020 0

Architecture of Optimism: Building a Temporary Capital for Lithuania

"In less than twenty years, its residents transformed the city into a modern, elegant and European capital"Continue Reading →

The Unbuilt Soviet Metro System that Haunts Latvia’s Capital: Traces
Author deepbalticFebruary 2, 2020 0

The Unbuilt Soviet Metro System that Haunts Latvia’s Capital: Traces

“Every day you going down in subway, because you got no better place to go”Continue Reading →

The Unbuilt Soviet Metro System that Haunts Latvia's Capital: Struggle
Latvia deepbalticJune 28, 2019 0

The Unbuilt Soviet Metro System that Haunts Latvia's Capital: Struggle

“In total, these 172 letters were signed by 1,965 people. There were 1,964 votes against the construction of the metro."Continue Reading →

The Unbuilt Soviet Metro System that Haunts Latvia's Capital: Beginnings
Uncategorized deepbalticMay 30, 2019 0

The Unbuilt Soviet Metro System that Haunts Latvia's Capital: Beginnings

Riga was down for a metro – a formally and conceptually adventurous system that would have been the most expensive ever built in the Soviet UnionContinue Reading →

"Someone Always Pays": Siberian Exile and Nazi Collaboration in a Single Family
culture deepbalticOctober 31, 2018 0

"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 pastContinue Reading →

Welcome to Maskačka: Stig Stasig's Images of Latvia's Troubled '90s
Uncategorized deepbalticJuly 20, 2018 0

Welcome to Maskačka: Stig Stasig's Images of Latvia's Troubled '90s

In 1991, Danish photographer Stig Stasig moved to Riga, capital of newly free Latvia. His photos of inner-city life capture a unique moment in its historyContinue Reading →

The Silenced Muse: the Life of a Murdered Jewish Lithuanian Poet
Feature Article deepbalticMay 8, 2018 0

The Silenced Muse: the Life of a Murdered Jewish Lithuanian Poet

Matilda Olkin's short life and her poems stand as a testament that the fragile beauty of the written word gives us strength even in humanity’s darkest hour.Continue Reading →

Photographic Pioneers in Soviet-Era Latvia: the Story of Riga Photo Club
culture deepbalticMarch 5, 2018 0

Photographic Pioneers in Soviet-Era Latvia: the Story of Riga Photo Club

Founded in 1962, Riga Photo Club revolutionised photography in Soviet-era Latvia, putting on the first-ever exhibition in the Antarctic along the way.Continue Reading →

Stephan Collishaw: Turning Lithuania's Troubled Past into Fiction
Feature Article deepbalticJuly 6, 2017 0

Stephan Collishaw: Turning Lithuania's Troubled Past into Fiction

British author Stephan Collishaw has been closely involved with Lithuania since moving there on a whim in the mid-'90s.Continue Reading →

Gatis Krūmiņš: Debunking Myths of Soviet Investment in the Baltics
Estonia deepbalticJune 20, 2017 1

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 →

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