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Statues Tartu

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July 27th 2013
Tartu is a university town. We spent a pleasant couple of hours on a self-guided walking tour, and another couple of hours in the observatory which houses one point on the Struve Geodetic Arc which extends from the Arctic Ocean to the Black Sea. This arc was part of a segment measured during 1816-1852 to provide a means of establishing the exact size and shape of the earth. The upper portion of th ... read more

Europe » Estonia » Tartu

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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