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Baltics

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May 24th 2010
THE BALTIC COUNTRIES – (September 2007) - (Tuesday 11th September to Thursday 20th Sept 2007) - As I sit here trying to write this blog in May 2011, it’s now such a long time since my trip that I must admit that this next stage of the journey has just blended into one. The cities I visited, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius are all beautiful cities, but I can’t really remember too m ... 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