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No Direction Home: Nationalism and Statelessness in the Baltics
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Texas International Law Journal
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July 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright University of Texas, Austin, School of Law Publications, Inc. Summer 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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I. INTRODUCTION
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, collectively known as the Baltic states, were among the first republics to gain independence from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. With independence came a resurgence of interest in Baltic culture-a renewed dedication to Baltic traditions and language, both of which had long been relegated to secondary status.' As the people of the Baltics rediscovered and celebrated their own cultures, some began to push back against what they perceived as a century of repression by the Soviet Union. The obvious targets for this pushback were both the Russian government and the ethnic Russians living within Baltic borders.
When Estonia, Latvia, and ...
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