Taylor Neil
Taylor Neil - Estonia A Modern History - Paperback
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Description: With only 1.3 million inhabitants Estonia is one of Europe's least populous nations - - yet it boasts one of the continent's fastest growing economies. In the first serious English - language history of this small Baltic state Neil Taylor charts Estonia's long arduous journey to its present - day prosperity through a thousand years of occupation by Danes Swedes Germans and Russians. In the wake of the First World War out of the heat of a national awakening and the collapse of the Russian and German empires Estonia was recognised as an independent nation in 1920. This was not to last - - the country was tossed between the Soviets and Nazis during the Second World War then fully integrated into the USSR bringing on more than half a century of renewed occupation and misery. But hopes of true independence never dimmed and in 1991, the Republic of Estonia was restored. This unflinching history includes charming moments of colour and levity from ambassadorial reports on nude bathing and a presidential press conference deliberately held beside a dirty toilet to the story of a blind pianist the first foreigner allowed to visit the city of Tartu in the Soviet era.
Title: Estonia A Modern History
Author(s): Taylor Neil
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781787383371
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 5/1/2020
Category: Economic Growth
Description: With only 1.3 million inhabitants Estonia is one of Europe's least populous nations - - yet it boasts one of the continent's fastest growing economies. In the first serious English - language history of this small Baltic state Neil Taylor charts Estonia's long arduous journey to its present - day prosperity through a thousand years of occupation by Danes Swedes Germans and Russians. In the wake of the First World War out of the heat of a national awakening and the collapse of the Russian and German empires Estonia was recognised as an independent nation in 1920. This was not to last - - the country was tossed between the Soviets and Nazis during the Second World War then fully integrated into the USSR bringing on more than half a century of renewed occupation and misery. But hopes of true independence never dimmed and in 1991, the Republic of Estonia was restored. This unflinching history includes charming moments of colour and levity from ambassadorial reports on nude bathing and a presidential press conference deliberately held beside a dirty toilet to the story of a blind pianist the first foreigner allowed to visit the city of Tartu in the Soviet era.
Title: Estonia A Modern History
Author(s): Taylor Neil
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781787383371
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 5/1/2020
Category: Economic Growth
