Tag Archives: Russia

4 Good Reasons for You to Visit Narva

Narva is much more than another province town. With 82 percent of its population being ethnically Russians, it is a different Estonia. Here are 4 good reasons for you to visit Narva. Continue reading

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Student Interview: Voronezh Is Like Tartu, but 10 Times Bigger

This is an interview with Ekaterina Bogdanova from Voronezh State University in Russia. Ekaterina is on her exchange semester in Tartu in autumn 2012. Continue reading

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Podcast: Projecting The Future for Russia

Viacheslav Morozov, The University of Tartu professor of EU-Russia studies, discusses the large-scale protests in Russia after the parliamentary election on 4 December 2011, the current situation, and the future scenarios. Continue reading

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Katyń at Cambridge

The transnational research project entitled “Memory at War: Cultural Dynamics in Poland, Russia, and Ukraine” seeks to understand the controversies of modern memory in the former Soviet space. Maria Mälksoo, a Senior Researcher at UT Institute of Government and Politics, writes about Katyń, the topic of the project’s inaugural workshop in Cambridge. Continue reading

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