Never-ending second world war: Public performances of national dignity and the drama of the bronze soldier

Journal of Baltic Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-418

  Lehti, Marko ^a,c   Jutila, Matti ^b   Jokisipila, Markku ^b  

^a Tampere Peace Research Institute   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Estonia; History politics; National identity; Russian speaking minority; Sites of memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649199208     PISSN: 01629778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01629770802461175     Document Type: Article

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