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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Woman in Soviet Estonia written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : V. Põder
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Woman from Soviet Estonia written by V. Põder and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tiina Kirss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book She who Remembers Survives written by Tiina Kirss and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Suzanne Stiver Lie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Carrying Linda's Stones written by Suzanne Stiver Lie and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains the life stories of fifteen Estonian women whose lives were turned upside down in the conflagration of World War II and its aftermath. Caught in the hegemonic struggle of Germany and the Soviet Union, these women managed to survive and record their experiences in spite of the break-up of their families, deportation, incarceration, and years of deprivation and hardship. The editors provide the historical and cultural context in which these stories may be understood. The stories are analysed from sociological and gender theoretical perspectives.
Author : Erika Nivanka
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Women and Youth in Soviet-occupied Estonia written by Erika Nivanka and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Erika Viirsalu
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Women and Youth in Soviet-occupied Estonia written by Erika Viirsalu and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sigrid Rausing
Publisher : Oxford Studies in Social and C
ISBN 13 : 9780199263189
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (631 download)
Download or read book History, Memory, and Identity in Post-Soviet Estonia written by Sigrid Rausing and published by Oxford Studies in Social and C. This book was released on 2004 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sigrid Rausing describes the changing world of the Estonian Swedes, and the way in which this minority identity was constructed in the various ideologies that have dominated the region since the early twentieth century. In particular she is concerned with the latest of these changes: thepost-Soviet attempt to 'restore' Swedish cultural identity. Rausing touches on a wide range of issues, debates, and insights: the relationship between ideology and form, nationalist and Soviet notions of ethnicity and traditional culture and historically-framed notions of an imagined normality.The ethnographic location for these discussions is a particular former collective farm, now subject to economic decline, the Estonian nation-building ideological project, and new relationships of dependency with Sweden. One of the author's central arguments is that these changes reflect a consciousattempt to 'reform habitus' so as to match that of the local image of the West, but that the location of ethnic culture and many of the operative concepts still reflect the tropes of the Soviet era.
Author : Aili Kelam
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Family in Soviet Estonia written by Aili Kelam and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tiina Kirss
Publisher : Central European University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789639776395
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (763 download)
Download or read book Estonian Life Stories written by Tiina Kirss and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a short period of independence, Estonia was occupied in World War II by the Red Army, then Nazi Germany, and again, for a lasting occupation, by the Soviets. No wonder that a greater part of the roughly one million Estonians had harshly eventful lives. This anthology contains 25 selected life stories collected from Estonians who lived through the tribulations of the 20th century, and describe the travails of ordinary people under numerous regimes. The autobiographical accounts provide authentic perspectives on events of this period, where time is placed in the context of life-spans, and subjects grounded in personal experience. Most of the life stories reveal sufferings under foreign (Russian) oppression. The product of a large-scale national project to record history by collecting autobiographical accounts, and a process of engaged selection for publication which followed. The variety of life-experiences recorded offers comparison across cultures, as well as an overview of the powerful neighbors as they relinquish and strengthen their hold on Estonia.
Author : Douglas Wells
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1503513157
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (35 download)
Download or read book In Search of the Elusive Peace Corps Moment written by Douglas Wells and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2001-05-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT In Search of the Elusive Peace Corps Moment "HILARIOUS!!" -Kim Brant, Valley Village, California "The most delightful thing I have read in years, maybe longer" -Mikk Hinnov, Bridgewater, New Jersey SUMMARY From the moment the Aeroflot Tupolev-134 hit the tarmac, Douglas Wells knew his life would never be the same. As he stared in awe at the scores of Soviet military aircrafts jammed into the tiny Riga International Airport he was decidedly less sure about whether joining the first group of Peace Corps Volunteers to serve in the former Soviet Union was the best decision of his life or his worst mistake. Was turning his back on a budding career as an accountant to work as an agricultural advisor in Estonia adventurous or foolhardy? And would he ever be able to fit into this totally alien environment? Armed with 100 pounds of luggage, a fishing pole, and a silent prayer, Douglas Wells sets out to find what had been missing in his life for many years, in search of adventure, in search of romance, in search of his "Peace Corps Moment." In Search of the Elusive Peace Corps Moment ~ Destination: Estonia is an anthology of fish out of water stories about a young man from Americas heartland struggling to find a place for himself in post-Soviet Estonia. Motivated by a will to make a difference in the world, he quickly finds out that doing so is much more difficult than he expected. Throughout his frustrations Douglas is able to maintain a sense of humor about the cultural gaps that must be bridged. Whether he is wrestling a prized sheep named Yeltsin, being stalked by an overzealous traffic cop armed with a new radar gun received as humanitarian aid from Texas, or cringing as a reluctant passenger in a car that is being driven 17 miles across the icy surface of the frozen Baltic Sea, Douglas never fails to recognize the irony of each situation, while at the same time laughing over his own angst. As Wells carries on the search for his elusive "Peace Corps Moment", he stumbles his way into some extraordinary events. He receives a commendation from the Estonian President for having recovered a national treasure that had been lost for 50 years, writes a song that miraculously finds itself in the number 1 spot on the Estonian pop charts, and marries the woman of his dreams. For many people, any one of these events might be considered life-defining, but in the end Douglas Wells recognizes that the true impact he made as a Peace Corps Volunteer extends far beyond his material accomplishments.
Author : Walter Iwaskiw
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781490435572
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (355 download)
Download or read book Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania: Country Studies written by Walter Iwaskiw and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is one in a continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. This volume is about Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Author : Endel Kareda
Publisher : London : Boreas
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Estonia in the Soviet Grip written by Endel Kareda and published by London : Boreas. This book was released on 1949 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sigrid Rausing
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 0802122175
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Everything is Wonderful written by Sigrid Rausing and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author reflects on the time she spent living in an Estonian village on the site of a formerly Soviet collective farm and describes the people she met, the economic conditions, and what life was like in the region.
Author : Aliide Naylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786726386
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)
Download or read book The Shadow in the East written by Aliide Naylor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An insightful, nuanced account that highlights the present multitude of currents at play in Europe' - Peter Pomerantsev The Baltics are vital democracies in North-Eastern Europe, but with a belligerent Vladimir Putin to their east – plotting his war on Ukraine – and 'expansionist' NATO to their west, these NATO members have increasingly been the subject of unsettling headlines in both Western and Russian media. But beyond the headlines, what is daily existence like in the Baltics, and what does the security of these frontline nations mean for the world? Based on her extensive research and work as a journalist, Aliide Naylor takes us inside the geopolitics of the region. Travelling to the heart of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania she explores modernity in the region, investigates smuggling and troop movements in the borderlands, and explains the countries' unique cultural identities. Naylor tells us why the Baltics have been vital to the political struggle between East and West, and how they play a critical role in understanding the long running tensions between Russia and Europe.
Author : Linda Edmondson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521413886
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (138 download)
Download or read book Women and Society in Russia and the Soviet Union written by Linda Edmondson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-08-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the late 1960s, most Western scholars studying the history, culture, social and political life and economy of Russia and the Soviet Union, paid scant attention to the participation and experience of women. The multifarious ways in which gender roles and perceptions of gender were influenced by and in turn influenced the heterogeneous cultures of the Soviet empire were largely ignored. However, this neglect has slowly been rectified and now the study of women and gender relations has become one of the most productive fields of research into Russian and Soviet society. This volume demonstrates the originality and diversity of this recent research. Written by leading Western scholars, it spans the last decade of tsarist Russia, the 1917 revolutions and the Soviet period. The essays reflect the interdisciplinary nature of women's work, women and politics, women as soldiers, female prostitution, popular images of women and women's experience of perestroika.
Author : Oksana Kis
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674258282
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Survival as Victory written by Oksana Kis and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survival as Victory is the first anthropological study of daily life in the Soviet forced labor camps as experienced by Ukrainian women prisoners. Oksana Kis pulls from the written and oral histories of over 150 survivors to bring to life the gendered strategies of survival, accommodation, and resistance to the dehumanizing effects of the Gulag.
Author : Sofi Oksanen
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802197132
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Purge written by Sofi Oksanen and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning novel of two women dogged by secrets buried in Estonia’s shameful Soviet past—“[A] bold combination of history, politics, and suspense” (The Sunday Times). When Aliide Truu, an older woman living alone in the Estonian countryside, finds a disheveled girl huddled in her front yard, she suppresses her misgivings and offers her shelter. Zara is a young sex-trafficking victim on the run from her captors, but a photo she carries with her soon makes it clear that her arrival at Aliide’s home is no coincidence. Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in a complex plot of suspicion and revelation as they attempt to discover each other’s motives. As their stories come to light, they reveal a tragic family drama of rivalry, lust, and loss that played out during the worst years of Estonia’s Soviet occupation. “A stirring and humane work of art” by the acclaimed Finnish-Estonian author Sofi Oksanen, Purge won numerous awards including the Finlandia Prize and the Prix Femina (The New Republic). “A stunner.” —The Plain Dealer “[A] taut, well-crafted tale of Europe’s still living post-war pain.” —Booklist “A dark, harrowing, and at times difficult read that wrings every ounce of emotion from the reader.” —The Bookseller
