Introduction to German Cultural History in Estonia with Doctor David Feest of Hamburg University.

In this episode, we are lucky to have Olaf Mertelsmann who is Professor of Eastern European History at the Institute of History and Archeology, University of Tartu. He holds a doctorate in History from the University of Hamburg (2000). He has taught in Estonia, Germany, and Russia. His main interests are the social and economic history of Eastern Europe, Stalinism, Soviet history, and contemporary Baltic history. He is the author of five monographs, has edited several volumes, and published more than fifty papers in journals.

In this episode we get to learn a little about Christmas in Stalin's Estonia.

In this episode, we are lucky to have Olaf Mertelsmann who is Professor of Eastern European History at the Institute of History and Archeology, University of Tartu. He holds a doctorate in History from the University of Hamburg (2000). He has taught in Estonia, Germany, and Russia. His main interests are the social and economic history of Eastern Europe, Stalinism, Soviet history, and contemporary Baltic history. He is the author of five monographs, has edited several volumes, and published more than fifty papers in journals

This short mini-episode is meant to keep our listeners informed of what is next and introduce our next guest, Professor Olaf Mertlesmann of Tartu University, and the topic of Stalinist Estonia.  I hope that you stay with us and find out. 

We meet with Professor Andres Kasekamp of the University of Toronto to discuss his book, The Radical Right In Interwar Estonia. Palgrave 2000

We talk about the war in Ukraine and how it will its outcome is likely to have an influence on Estonia.

We talk about the passing of Jüri Arrak the great Estonian artist.

A new future format is introduced in which esteemed guests will appear on the podcast.

In this episode, we look at how Estonia developed itself into a market economy. We also learn how Estonia began to integrate itself into Europe and a discussion was started about the eventual acceptance of Estonia into NATO.

Perestroika has arrived and the Soviet Union gets more than what they expected with the new reforms.

Lennart Meri Speech Hamburg, Germany February 25, 1994, Matthiae-Supper of Hansa Cities