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Tag Archives: Russian
A Letter to Tartu Students from a Moscow Prison
Read the letter from prominent Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky sent to Tartu students from a Moscow prison. Continue reading
Posted in Events, Humanities, Studies, Tartu
Tagged conflict, culture, Pavlensky, performance, post-soviet, Russian
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English in Estonia: The Country’s Future Lingua Franca?
Research fellow Josep Soler-Carbonell interviewed Estonians and Russian-speakers to find out if English could evolve into Estonia’s lingua franca. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Humanities, Research
Tagged English, Estonia, Estonian, inter-ethnic communication, language policy, lingua franca, Russian
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Commemorating Boris Nemtsov
University of Tartu Professor Andrey Makarychev explains how the murder of Boris Nemtsov was politically prepared and justified before it actually happened. Continue reading
Posted in Events, Research, Social sciences
Tagged Moscow, murder, Nemtsov, opposition, Russia, Russian
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Crimea “Referendum”: Welcome Back Home!
Semiotician Mihhail Lotman showcases the modelling role of art, based on a popular, recent picture that came to symbolise the current state of affairs in Crimea. Continue reading
Posted in Events, Humanities, Research
Tagged art, Crimea, Juri Lotman, Russia, Russian, semiotics, semiotics of culture, Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School, Ukraine
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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
Posted in Estonia, Events, General
Tagged Estonia, Narva, Narva college, new building, official opening, Russia, Russian, tourism
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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
Posted in Research, Social sciences
Tagged cyberspace, democratisation, demonstrations, electoral fraud, EU-Russia studies, fair vote, Medvedev, parlamentary election, presidential election, protests in Russia, Putin, Russia, Russian
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