Conciliation or Disappointment? Baltic German Reactions to Estonian and Latvian Recognition

Autor: Heidi Rifk
Jazyk: English<br />Estonian
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Acta Historica Tallinnensia, Vol 28, Iss 2, Pp 212-234 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1406-2925
1736-7476
DOI: 10.3176/hist.2022.2.02
Popis: The aim of this article is to examine the perspective(s) of a small, but influential minority, the Baltic Germans, to the de jure recognition of the Estonian and Latvian nation-states by the United States of America in 1922. It outlines the Baltic Germansâ plans of how to govern the region after the Russian Revolution of 1917; the outcomes of the establishment of the national republics of Estonia and Latvia in relation to the German communities; and, the representation of de jure recognition by the US in the Baltic German press.
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