PRINCE OF THE BLOOD WITH SOUL FULL OF ART
In Stockholm you should go on a brief sea voyage in skerries on one of the boats that dock in the very center of the Swedish capital. Soon after sailing from the wharf you will…
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UNDER AURORA BOREALIS LIGHT
Baltic region poets will be soon networked with translators, publishers and historians to acquaint the readers with most interesting poetic works in Russia, Finland, and Sweden. The festival of modern poetry, translation and publishing business…
“RUSSIAN TOURISTS IN GERMANY IN AUGUST 1914″
The centenary of the Great War is approaching. In old Russia it was called the Second Patriotic War while the Soviet Union tried to delete any memory of it. The 1914–1918 war radically changed the…
OUR MENTAL MAPS SEEM TO BE HARD TO SHAKE
HEIKO DROSTE, Professor of History,Södertörn University The conference moderator, Professor Heiko Droste, talks about how past and present connect on the Baltic coast. Political changes since the early 1990s in Central and Eastern Europe resulted in…
“HISTORY DISLIKES LOSERS”. Magnus Ilmjarv and Gvido Straube
Stockholm conference participants Tallinn University Professor Magnus Ilmjarv and Latvian University Professor Gvido Straube discuss problems of historic memory. Historic guilt and responsibility are frequent subjects of public and academic discussions, but not only in…
BALTIC SEA REGION: MIGRATION AND CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS
In April 2013 Stockholm hosted international scientific conference Migration and Cultural Encounters in the Baltic Sea Region. It was attended by historians from Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Poland, Russia, the USA, Finland, Sweden, and Estonia. Reports…
GOD WAS IN AUSCHWITZ
German priests look for answers to difficult questions Over 68 years have passed since Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp which even today horrifies people by its name alone – Ocwiezim or Auschwitz. Built…
SILENT BATTLES OF THE LOUD WAR
Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day is celebrated in many European countries, though not necessarily as a state holiday. There is practically no family in Europe that did not suffer from Nazi vandalism. In…
TRAGEDY IN ALAND WATERS
The lair of 50 Soviet Navy men who comprised the crew of S-2 submarine which sank after hitting a mine on January 3, 1940 while trying to break through to the Gulf of Bothnia is…
ASYMMETRIC NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THE EYES OF HISTORIANS
TO THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KIRKENES DECLARA TION KARI MYKLEBOST SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ VLADISLAV GOLDIN PROFESSOR, NORTHERN (ARCTIC) FEDERAL UNIVERSITY The University of Tromse is the northernmost in the world. Arkhangelsk…