Tallin 28/08/08

Tallin, Estonia (with a break for Tartu in between)

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September 1st 2008
Tallin was beautiful. Its a city I would really recommend out of the Baltic States to visit. I've been to Riga, Lativia and I loved that too. Mikk told me Tallin was the probably the better looking of the 3 capitals and I can see why. In fact during the occupation of Tallin when the Russian's were there Tallin was left generally in tact - as the model Soviet City. After checking in on the 28th I b ... read more

Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

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After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, it regained its freedom in 1991, with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the last Russian troops le... ... read more