| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (55 min. 1 sec.) ; 332880373 bytes |
| Summary |
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are three Baltic states that shook themselves free of the Soviet Union and reclaimed their distinctive culture. Michael travels from Tallinn in the north, through Latvia, to Lithuania in the south, sailing into the Baltic from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, formerly East Prussia. In Estonia he visits a pyramid house and samples the medicinal properties of leeches. In Latvia he visits one of the most secretive places of the Communist-era, the astronomical telescope |
| Event |
Broadcast 2010-02-13 at 18:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
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Communism -- Social aspects.
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Europeans -- Social life and customs.
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Hirudo medicinalis.
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Newly independent states.
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Voyages and travels.
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Estonia.
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Latvia.
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Lithuania.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Mills, Roger, director
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Palin, Michael, host
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