Today we and UNESCO are celebrating the #WorldBookDay. Today I was also asked by an editor - do You write for the Eternity? Yes, I do. Moreover, I also believe that books are portals we communicate through time. Here is the oldest one on my corporative bookshelf. #HistoryTheory

Turklāt ir arī pilnīgi atšķirīgas kartes ar pilnīgi citiem atskaites punktiem. Senās jūras kartēs, piemēram...
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Reiz jokoja par Latvijas globusu. Nu modernās tehnoloģijas piedāvā Latvijai savu pasaules karti. engaging-data.com/co...
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Ir labi zināms, ka Merkatora projekcijas izmantošana gadsimtu garumā ir būtiski ietekmējusi arī pasaules uztveres projekciju, proti - pie poliem esošās valstis, patiesībā nebūt nav tik lielas iepretim pie ekvatora esošajām. Un tas nav par ģeogrāfiju, bet gan ģeopolitiku.
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Kartogrāfiskie priekšstati nekad nav bijuši tikai par ģeogrāfiju vien. Pasaules centrs pat agrīnajās kartēs ir iezīmējis arī pasaules centru cilvēku uztverē.
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Not only Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, Bucharest, and Sofia, but also Vienna, Berlin, and Paris—European capitals've been occupied by Russian and Soviet army. Regardless of when, the outcome has always been deaths, suffering, and grief for the people there.

Today all eyes are turned to Hungary. But it is worth to remind that reasons events there are so important lies as far in history as Hungarian uprising of 1956. Course to europeanization what was brutally swiped by Soviets. Good reason to learn more. www.hoover.org/libra...

Time and time again, people ask: how is it that we have so much war-related historical knowledge to understand its full evilness, yet we still fight wars? But they rarely consider that decision-makers might not only lack this knowledge, but also be ignorant of it. #HistoryTheory

Latvijā zināmākais krimināli apsūdzēts Saeimas un Rīgas domes deputāts, kurš emigrējis uz Krieviju ir Linards Laicens. Savulaik gandrīz vai katrā mājā bija kāds viņa dzejoļu vai stāstu krājums.... Emigrējis 1932. gadā. 1937. gadā staļinisko represiju laikā apcietināts un nošauts.

Night sky without human created light and cosmic pollution. That's our Galaxy - Milky Way. Something we are part of. Something what reminds us how great we and all our inventions are. Still visable. All what you can see there is a long, long history. images.nasa.gov/deta...

A good addition to a virtual bookshelf: "Ethnic Relations in the Baltic Reconsidered" www.taylorfrancis.co...

Aprīļa muļķu dienas tradīcija kristīgajā Eiropā ir gana sena. Lai arī neviens nav precīzi to datējis, ir skaidrs, ka tās pēdas ir gadsimtiem senas. www.britannica.com/t... Latviešu periodikā tā minēta tikai 1936.gadā, tiesa gan vācbaltiešu avīzēs par to raksta jau kopš 1843. gada

Mass deportations were common genocidal practice Soviet Union used against nations Bolsheviks had captured and was targeted both against previously welfare peasants and separate nations and between 1930 and 1952 reached approx. 6 millions. #SovietHistory
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Nearly 70% of people deported by Soviet authorities on 1949 were women and youngsters below 16 y.o. Mortality amongst deportees reached more than 4000 or nearly 15%. #otd #BalticHistory


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Today in Baltics people commemorate more than 94 000 people who were deported by Soviet regime in a single operation started on March 25, 1949. In total Baltic states lost 1,5-1,7% of population in a couple of days. Latvia lost more than 42 000, Estonia- more than 20 000 #otd
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In some countries, history written under foreign rule denied the existence of indigenous nobility, even where native noble families did exist. Latvia is one of them. This isn’t just about how the past is seen—it shapes current national identity and mentality also.

History-writing exists in both: state-instrumentalized and academically intellectualized forms. Since each has its own limits, strengths and weaknesses, society benefits most when they complement one another rather than compete. #HistoryTheory

Today is anniversary for Restoration of Independence in Lithuania. March 11, 1990. Just a week after lections of Supreme Council of Latvian SSR will held, where also majority will be won by supporters of Popular Front of Latvia and full independence from USSR. #otd #BalticHistory

General laws in history do exist. Simply they are too broad to give answers on short-term problems people usually expect history to would provide. #HistoryTheory

"Neviena valsts nevar pastāvēt bez vēstures. Vēsture dara mūs piederīgus nācijai. Tas, kā mēs atceramies sevi, ko atceramies un rakstām par sevi, veido mūs par nāciju,” prof.Aivars Strangas nosaukts par gada vēsturnieku Latvijā. www.academia.edu/108...

Bēgšana no PSRS kā pretošanās forma. Igauņi, ebreji un latvieši bēguši visvairāk (rēķinot pret iedzīvotāju īpatsvaru tautu cietumā).

Starptautiskās sieviešu dienas noskaņās pārskatīju Latvijas parlamentu sastāvu. Politiskā pārstāvniecība ir viens no izmērāmiem kritērijiem, kas ļauj daudz ko pateikt par sabiedrību kopumā. Latvijas parlamentā deputāta amata pienākumus ir pildījušas 175 sievietes. Un 684 vīrieši.

Tho God's playground ir lieliska Norman Davies grāmata par Polijas vēsturi laikā, kad tā bija arī mūsu senču vēsture. Prieks to lasīt arī latviski. Paldies @ApgadsJumava un PLinLatvia

There are no prospects for the beginning of World War III unless China or a significant number of other countries become actively and directly involved militarily against U.S. armed forces.

I m not saying that violant death of Ali Khamenei will undo Islamic revolution tomorrow. But this war will end. And Persia will be different as it had been decades untill now. And The World will be. And relations between Christians and Muslims will.

Thats very simpathetic prognosis for Kremlin's butcher. Russia still have not came over negative effects of massacre of Russian Civic war more than hudred years ago. And I dont see any our life time possibility it will.

History and Theory is Nr 1 must read journal not only for every emerging but also for every fading historian. onlinelibrary.wiley.... #HistoryTheory #bookshelf #mustread

Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina proved that Latvia is the most Nordic of the Baltic states. www.olympics.com/en/...

The concept of Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality as a cornerstone for Russia was designed to protect it from "Western revolutionary ideas". Competition over being "purest" Christians with most "traditional Christian values" turned into fight for autocracy and imperialism.
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