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byIn the summer of 1941, thousands of Estonian men were illegally mobilized into the Soviet Red Army by threat of force and violence against…
In the summer of 1941, thousands of Estonian men were illegally mobilized into the Soviet Red Army by threat of force and violence against…
Imbi Paju is an Estonian author, historian and filmmaker whose work examines the traumas of totalitarianism. Her book and film “Sisters Across The Gulf…
Vladimir Putin has tapped deep into a line of dependable Soviet era nomenklatura, reaching back to the time of Stalin, to appoint his latest…
In 2003 I published my first novel in Finland, Stalin’s Cows, which dealt with the recent history of Estonia. I was confronted by journalists…
”Lustration is the process of making something clear or pure, usually by means of a propitiatory offering. It is also the purge of government…
A new exhibition of Baltic Sea region resort fashion has opened at the Pärnu Museum and runs until August 30. Resort fashion started to develop…
Remains of a structural wall and a short tunnel from the twelfth century, which are mentioned in the Sagas of the Icelanders, appear to…
At a museum press conference earlier this month, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, IT entrepreneur Sten Tamkivi, and museum director Merilin Piipuu announced that the…
To commemorate the 71st anniversary of the, January 31, 1945, sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, UpNorth is offering readers free, limited time access to…
A new Baltic documentary film series opened at Stanford University in October and continues through December. The series kicked off with the U.S. premiere…