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Tag Archives: Narva mnt
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
Posted in Estonia, Student life, Tartu
Tagged dorm, Estonian, international students, Narva mnt, student life, Tartu
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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
Posted in Estonia, Student life, Tartu
Tagged 1995, Baltic Studies, dorm, Narva mnt, student life, Tartu, USA
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