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Estonia. A Modern History (N.Taylor) PB 2nd edition
Estonia. A Modern History (N.Taylor) PB 2nd edition
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Neil Taylor
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With only 1.3 million inhabitants, Estonia is one of Europe´s least populous nations--yet it boasts one of the continent´s fastest growing economies. In the first serious English-language history of this small Baltic state, Neil Taylor charts Estonia´s long, arduous journey to its present-day prosperity, through a thousand years of occupation by Danes, Swedes, Germans and Russians.
In the wake of the First World War, out of the heat of a national awakening and the collapse of the Russian and German empires, Estonia was recognized as an independent nation in 1920. This was not to last--the country was tossed between the Soviets and Nazis during the Second World War, then fully integrated into the USSR, bringing on more than half a century of renewed occupation and misery. But hopes of true independence never dimmed and, in 1991, the Republic of Estonia was restored.
This unflinching history includes charming moments of color and levity, from ambassadorial reports on nude bathing and a presidential press conference deliberately held beside a dirty toilet, to the story of a blind pianist, the first foreigner allowed to visit the city of Tartu in the Soviet era.
In the wake of the First World War, out of the heat of a national awakening and the collapse of the Russian and German empires, Estonia was recognized as an independent nation in 1920. This was not to last--the country was tossed between the Soviets and Nazis during the Second World War, then fully integrated into the USSR, bringing on more than half a century of renewed occupation and misery. But hopes of true independence never dimmed and, in 1991, the Republic of Estonia was restored.
This unflinching history includes charming moments of color and levity, from ambassadorial reports on nude bathing and a presidential press conference deliberately held beside a dirty toilet, to the story of a blind pianist, the first foreigner allowed to visit the city of Tartu in the Soviet era.
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Format
Paperback
Author
Neil Taylor
Language
English
Publishing company
Hurst
Added date
12.10.2020
Year of publication
2020
Pages
256
Size
215.9 x 147.32 x 137.16 mm
Product code
9781787383371
Barcode
9781787383371
ISBN
9781787383371