George Hackenschmidt, the ultimate poster boy of the golden age of wrestling, made the sport popular in England and on every continent of the world. He was born in Tartu on 1 August 1877 – while Tartu was still Dorpat, a town in the Russian Empire. Superstar of the early 20th century Having launched his […]
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American country music singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson, who employs Estonian Laur Joamets as his band’s lead guitarist, won a Grammy in the Best Country Album category. The 59th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, held on 12 February 2017 at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, saw an American country music and roots rock singer-songwriter John Sturgill Simpson scoop an award for his third studio album,
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The British daily, the Guardian, has included Estonian singer-songwriter Maria Minerva, aka Maria Juur, on the list of most important contemporary music artists in Los Angeles. “From searing political hip-hop and cosmic jazz to new age, Los Angeles is home to some of today’s most important music – this is our guide to the acts
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The London-based Kristel Klein has always been active and played sports, but even she couldn’t have predicted that she would get into the fitness world that would considerably change her lifestyle. A time that was meant to be a gap year before going to the university in Estonia turned into eight years away – and
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Most long-term expats know there is nothing quite like the taste of home, but one Estonian is now trying to recreate the taste of her homeland in China. Anete Elken moved to Beijing in 2014 after majoring in Asian studies at Tallinn University and studying advanced Mandarin in southern China. As a way to keep
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In cooperation with the Estonian ministry of education, the Estonian Youth Work Centre and the Brotherhood of Adventurers, people with Estonian roots, but who live abroad, have the chance to take part in a new programme – “Back to our roots” – to help them connect with their origin. The author of this article had
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No matter where she goes, Kristel Kruustük (27), until recently known as Kristel Viidik, a cofounder of Testlio, is likely to stand out in a crowd. “No matter what my last name may be, everyone will always know me as Kristel, the girl with big hair,” she laughs and adds that a key to success
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An artist is often less universal than a creative businessman, says Marko Mäetamm, an Estonian multimedia artist, who works within the mediums of video, drawing, and the internet.* Mäetamm studied graphic art at the Estonian Academy of Arts and also studied practicing print technologies at the Swedish Royal Art High School. He has had solo and
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As an Estonian expat who first moved abroad at the age of 6 but who returned to Estonia to complete my ajateenistus (military service), I have just one message for those, both here in Estonia and abroad that are considering it now: it is absolutely worth it.* As a small nation in a strategically significant
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In the past ten years, president Ilves’s approachability and openness have helped bring Estonia’s issues to a far bigger arena than any president, any prime minister of the country has achieved before. “Where are you from?” “Estonia. It’s a tiny little country in Northern Europe.” “Oh, I know Estonia. You have this cool president!” I’m
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