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Tartu 1992-1993: The Wild, Wild West

Eva from the USA recalls her studies in Tartu one year after Estonia regained its independence in 1991: Foreign students behind a security door, no heat in winter, limited fruits and vegetables, taxi vodka. Continue reading

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Pigheadedness Brought Me to Post-Soviet Estonia

Tricia Cornell arrived in Tartu in 1995, less than four years after the Soviet Union collapsed. Foreign students lived on a locked floor of the old dorm; rooms were severely cold in the winter. “God, I loved that place.” Continue reading

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