Bird's-Eye View Of Estonian History - Softcover

Mart Laar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9949411874 ISBN 13: 9789949411870

Publisher: Grenader, 2005

Synopsis

This is a richly illustrated overview of Estonian history from the first human settlements dating back 10 000 years to Estonia joining the EU and NATO a few years ago. This book is available in six languages (English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Latvian and Russian) and it is an excellent introduction to anyone taking an interest in Estonian history. Many of the photographs included in the books have never been published before.

About this title

About the Author:

Mart Laar was born in Viljandi. He studied history at the University of Tartu and graduated in 1983, he received his Master's degree in Philosophy from the same university in 1995 and his Doctorate in 2005. Laar worked as a history teacher in Tallinn, and was the past presidents of Council of Historians of the Foundation of the Estonia Inheritance, the Society for the Preservation of Estonia History and the Estonian Students' Society. As a professional historian Laar has written many books on Estonian and Soviet history, among them his book War in the Woods: Estonia's Struggle for Survival, 1944 1956 a work about the Forest Brothers anti-Soviet resistance movement. He is also a former Prime Minister and Defense Minister of Estonia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grenader
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 9949411874
• ISBN 13: 9789949411870
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 71