My feature about Mission Siberia was published in 'Meanwhile in the Baltics...' an anthology of Baltic writing put together by New Eastern Europe and the Solidarity Academy.
Category: Deep Baltic
Deep Baltic: The Young Lithuanians tending their history above the arctic circle
To some it might seem strange to go to a remote corner of Siberia for two weeks each summer to clean up a graveyard – but this year more than 800 young Lithuanians applied to do just that.
Deep Baltic: A Ghost Town Unsuitable for Humans – Patarei Sea Fortress
On long, clear summer nights when the sun sets for only a few hours – and even when it doesn’t at all – crowds of tourists and young people gather at the Linnahall to watch the sunset.
Deep Baltic: Split By a Border and Fading Fast – Estonia’s Unique Seto People
For Estonia’s Setos, it wasn’t the Soviet Union’s Iron Curtain that split their community in two – but the border Estonia built to keep the Russian’s out.
Helen Wright 