1878 ethnographic map of European Russia - by Aleksandr Fyodorovich Rittikh
‘I recognize Volga Germans, Bessarabia Germans and Crimean Germans
Germans were a significant minority in almost all parts of Eastern Europe’
1834 map of Russia and Poland - by John Arrowsmith
‘Interesting seeing Nowy Targ as Neumarkt
Also worth noting that Poland wasn’t entirely under Tsarist rule, but also Habsburg and German states’
The Latvian Russian Language Referendum 2012 - asking whether the Russian Language should be given official language status ; and the use of the Russian language at home in Latvia (2011)
‘The Russian language in Latvia is not only the language of ethnic Russians, but also of ¾ of Belorussians, 2/3 of Ukrainians, 4/5 of Jews, more than ½ of Poles’–mahendrabirbikram
River basins of Scandinavia and the Baltic states
‘Out of Nordics, Sweden has the largest lake (Vänern; 5545km²) and Finland the second-largest (Saimaa, 4400km²). These are the largest and second-largest lakes in Europe (excluding Russia’s Ladoga; 18130km² and Onega 9700km²). Finland used to have half Ladoga before WW2. The Caspian Sea (371000km²) is in Asia and is the largest lake in the world … This guy lakes’
Everyday use of Latgalian in Latvia (2011)
“It is based in the historical region of Latgale and is slightly related with lithuanian, atleast acording to Wikipedia. Its kinda strange but if you speak latvian you can understand most of what they are saying. Theres also a drinking game where you try to read latgalian and if you mess up you have to take a shot. It starts off easy but gets pretty hard the more shots you take”–KingBotQ
“A pie chart indicating the populations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by ethnic group, that accompanied the report of SS-Brigadier General Stahlecker to the Reich Security Main Office, Berlin”–onikishov
