{"product_id":"estonia-9781787383371","title":"Estonia","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Neil Taylor\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Hurst \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Hurst \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Russia - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith only 1.3 million inhabitants, Estonia is one of Europe's least populous nations--yet it boasts one of the continent's fastest growing economies. In the first serious English-language history of this small Baltic state, Neil Taylor charts Estonia's long, arduous journey to its present-day prosperity, through a thousand years of occupation by Danes, Swedes, Germans and Russians. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the wake of the First World War, out of the heat of a national awakening and the collapse of the Russian and German empires, Estonia was recognized as an independent nation in 1920. This was not to last--the country was tossed between the Soviets and Nazis during the Second World War, then fully integrated into the USSR, bringing on more than half a century of renewed occupation and misery. But hopes of true independence never dimmed and, in 1991, the Republic of Estonia was restored. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis unflinching history includes charming moments of color and levity, from ambassadorial reports on nude bathing and a presidential press conference deliberately held beside a dirty toilet, to the story of a blind pianist, the first foreigner allowed to visit the city of Tartu in the Soviet era.","brand":"Hurst \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45299548848279,"sku":"9781787383371","price":2051.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781787383371.webp?v=1767668648","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/estonia-9781787383371","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}