Remembering the Nations the Soviets Deported in Whole or in Part
byToday, many people in the Russian Federation will pause to remember the victims of political repressions in the USSR, in particular the members of…
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Baltic Documentary Film Series Launches Stanford University
byThe history and culture of the Baltic countries will be featured in a series of film screenings, featuring movies from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania…
Kremlin Creating Military Unit To Combat History
byThe Russian Defence Ministry has announced that it will create a unit within the Russian Armed Forces tasked with combating “falsifications” of Soviet history. Over the past…
Kuldīga: Latvia’s Most Latvian Town
byWill Mawhood follows up his visit to Latvia’s most Russian city, Daugavpils, with a visit to one of its most Latvian, Kuldiga, for UpNorth…
Annexations Real and Imaginary
bySeventy-five years ago today, Acting US Secretary of State Sumner Wells declared that the United States would not recognize as legitimate the forcible annexation…
The Swedish spy who sold out his country
byHe worked most of his career as an officer with the Secret Service, but many Swedes remember him today as the man who sold military…
Karelia Needs to Restore 1918 Otava Flag: Stepa
byThe flag a nation chooses for itself is important as an indication of how it sees itself and its place in the world. Twenty-five…
Classic Latvian Work About The Gulag Published in English
byOne of the most powerful accounts ever given of life in Stalin’s Gulag has finally been published in English. “Suddenly, a Criminal” by Melanija…
European Leaders Snub Putin and Will Join Polish Victory Day Commemoration
byWestern leaders snub Putin’s extravagant Victory Day celebration to attend Polish commemoration as Kremlin aggression casts dark shadow over 70th Anniversary Western leaders are…
KIWA and Soviet Hippies in New York City
byOn a cold March afternoon in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Vinegar Hill, Estonian artist KIWA smoked one last cigarette before entering The Department of…