TARTU

tärˈtoo, Ger. and Swed. Dorpat, city (1994 pop. 105,844), E Estonia, a port on the Ema River. The second largest city of Estonia, it is an important industrial and cultural center and a rail junction. Food processing, metalworking, printing and publishing, and the production of leather footwear and agricultural machinery are the leading industries. Tartu's university was founded in 1632 by Gustavus II of Sweden, suppressed in 1656, and reopened in 1802. The city was founded in 1030 as Yurev by Yaroslav the Wise of Kiev. Named Dorpat after its capture by the Livonian Knights in 1224, it developed as a trade center of the Hanseatic League. After the dissolution (1561) of the Livonian Order, the city was contested by Poland, Sweden, and Russia. Gustavus II secured its formal cession in 1629 after a Polish-Swedish war. Captured by Peter I in 1704, during the Northern War, it was ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Nystad in 1721. The name Yurev was revived in 1893, only to be changed (1918) to Tartu when Estonia became independent. In 1920, Soviet peace treaties with Estonia and Finland were signed in the city. Tartu is built around a hill topped by an old fortified castle and a restored 13th-century cathedral (the site of the present university library). The rest of the city dates mostly from the 18th and 19th cent.

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Russia's Foreign Trade and Economic Expansion in the Seventeenth Century: Windows on the World
Book by J. T. Kotilaine; Brill, 2005
Subjects: Russia--Commerce--History--17th Century, Russia--Foreign Economic Relations
...Kaubanduse kusimused Vene-Rootsi suhetes 1661. 1700. a., Tartu: Tartu Riikliku Ulikooli Toimetised, CXIII (1961). Piirimae...Disserartsioon ajalookandidaadi teadusliku kraadi taotlemiseks, Tartu: Tartu Riiklik Ulikool Uldise ajaloo kateeder, 1962...
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Estonia: Identity and Independence
Book by Jean-Jacques Subrenat, David Cousins, Eric Dickens, Alexander Harding, Richard C. Waterhouse; Rodopi, 2004
Subjects: Estonia--History--Autonomy And Independence Movements, Estonia--Intellectual Life, Estonia--Politics And Government, Nationalism--Estonia
...Jarv, Ants, 1991: Valiseestlaste teater j a draama. Tartu: Tartu Ulikool. Kaber, Helmi, 1956: Brasiilia eestlased...Eestlased maailmas. Ulevaade arvukusest ja paiknemisest. Tartu: Tartu Ulikool, majandusgeograafia kateeder. Karner...
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Baltic Postcolonialism
Book by Violeta Kelertas; Rodopi, 2006
Subjects: Baltic Literature--History And Criticism, Baltic States--Literatures--History And Criticism, Decolonization In Literature, Estonian Literature--History And Criticism, Latvian Literature--History And Criticism, Lithuanian Literature--History And Criticism, Nationalism And Literature--Baltic States--History And Criticism, Postcolonialism In Literature, Postcolonialism--Baltic States
...Okoloogia ja okonoomia ca 1972, in: See ja teine. Tartu: Tartu Ulikooli Kirjastus, 1996: 46-73. . (1972b), Moodja...Kaplinski autoii6htu. 1983, January 20. Tape recording. Tartu Kirjandusmuuseum (KOHL 169 I-II). . (1985), The...
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Estonia: Return to Independence
Book by Rein Taagepera; Westview Press, 1993
Subjects: Estonia--History
...Tradition places it in present-day Tartu, but archaeological excavations show no Russian weapons inside the Tartu stronghold except arrowheads, which suggests...than occupancy; see Ain Maesalu , " Uut Tartu linnusest " New information about the...
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The Social Structure of the USSR: Recent Soviet Studies
Book by Murray Yanowitch; M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1986
Subjects: Social Structure--Soviet Union, Soviet Union--Social Conditions--1945-1991
...elsewhere. The higher educational centers--Tartu and the republican capital--are the...school a quarter of the cohort moves to Tartu, which is double the number of those who...The higher educational institutions of Tartu are of relatively less service to the capital...
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Teaching and Learning in Estonia and the United States: Tartu University and Maryville College
Journal article by Terry L. Simpson, Deborah L. Simpson, Karmen Trasberg; International Education, Vol. 35, 2005
Subjects: Colleges & universities, Instructional design, Maryville College-Tennessee, Professional relationships, Quality of education, Tartu University-Estonia, Teaching
...Learning in Estonia and the United States: Tartu University and Maryville College by Terry...Fulbright Grant as a lecturer to Estonia and Tartu University for the 2000 fall semester...the sudden change to a market economy. TARTU UNIVERSITY We were impressed with the quality...
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Mari Uuskula, Basic Colour Terms in Finno-Ugric and Slavonic Languages: Myths and Facts, Tartu 2008
Journal article by Galina Paramei; Linguistica Uralica, Vol. 46, 2010
Subjects: Basic Colour Terms in Finno-Ugric and Slavonic Languages: Myths and Facts, Tartu 2008 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...Finno-Ugric and Slavonic Languages: Myths and Facts, Tartu 2008. by Galina Paramei Mari Uuskula, Basic Colour Terms in Finno-Ugric and Slavonic Languages: Myths and Facts, Tartu 2008 (Dissertationes linguisticae Universitatis Tartuensis...
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Research and Teaching of History at the University of Tartu at the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century
Journal article by Ludmila Dubjeva; Trames, Vol. 13, 2009
Subjects: History education--Methods, History--Methods, History--Study and teaching, Public universities and colleges--Curricula, Public universities and colleges--History
...Teaching of History at the University of Tartu at the End of the 19th and the Beginning...of history research at the University of Tartu in end of the 19th and the beginning of...Research of history at the University of Tartu in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th...
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Medieval Town Wall of Tartu in the Light of Recent research/Tartu Keskaegne Linnamuur Uuemate Uurimistulemuste Valguses
Journal article by Rivo Bernotas; Estonian Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 15, 2011
Subjects: Archaeology--Research, Research--Management
Medieval Town Wall of Tartu in the Light of Recent research/Tartu Keskaegne Linnamuur Uuemate Uurimistulemuste Valguses...Tallinn, Haapsalu, Parnu, Viljandi and Narva, medieval Tartu was one of the six towns in Estonia surrounded by walls...
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Medieval Recorder from Tartu, Estonia/Keskaegne Plokkfloot Tartust
Journal article by Andres Tvauri, Taavi-Mats Utt; Estonian Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 11, 2007
Medieval Recorder from Tartu, Estonia/Keskaegne Plokkfloot Tartust...Mats Utt Introduction In the centre of Tartu in the courtyard of 15 Ulikooli Street...2005 and spring 2007 by the University of Tartu directed by Andres Tvauri. The aim of...
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Entrepreneurship and Technology in Estonia
Magazine article by Charlotte West; International Educator, Vol. 17, May/Jun 2008
Subjects: Behavior, Business plans, Business schools, Colleges & universities, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Estonia, Teaching, Technological change
...Professor Tonis Mets at the University of Tartu, the comparatively high level of ICT usage...company as a team project. The University of Tartu offers an M.B.A. in entrepreneurship...Torokoff, a researcher at the University of Tartu Centre for Entrepreneurship, describes...
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U.s. Security Assistance for Estonia
Magazine article by Richard J. Anderson; DISAM Journal of International Security Assistance Management, Vol. 20, Spring 1998
Subjects: Armed forces, Estonia, Foreign aid, International relations-US, Military training, National security, United States
...ended with the signing of the Treaty of Tartu, which recognized Estonias independence...base at Amari, and the bomber base in Tartu were left in total shambles. All militarily...1999. The college is to be located in Tartu, Estonia (home of Estonias Tartu University...
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Nebraska Wesleyan University: Mints Fulbright Scholars as Part of Its Global Plan
Magazine article by Christopher Connell; International Educator, Vol. 18, March 2009
Subjects: College campuses, Colleges & universities, Foreign students, Forensic sciences, International education, Methodist churches, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Scholarships & fellowships, Studies
...Laura Reitel, an exchange student from the University of Tartu in Tallinn, Estonia, put Oberst at the top of her list of...exchanges from Kwansei Gakuin University, the University of Tartu in Estonia, or Tec de Monterrey in Queretaro, Mexico. Iwasaki...
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Riga: Hansa City at the Baltic Crossroads: Neil Taylor Discusses How Political Change Has Left Its Mark on the Latvian Capital's Town Hall Square
Magazine article by Neil Taylor; History Today, Vol. 58, October 2008
Subjects: Architecture--Evaluation, Cities and towns--Buildings and facilities, Cities and towns--Design and construction, Riga, Latvia (County)--Buildings and facilities, Riga, Latvia (County)--History
...itinerary contrasts large palaces and house museums, manor houses and provocative art galleries, the major cities of Tallinn, Tartu and Riga with the village life of Old Believers beside Lake Peipsi. The tour will be led by Neil Taylor, a leading British...
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IRA Conference Calendar
Magazine article; Reading Today, Vol. 19, December 2001
...website) www.ukra.org 2003 July 6-9 13th European Conference on Reading in Tallinn, Estonia and postconference tour to Tartu, July 10, (website) www.konverents.ee/reading/ Annual Conventions 2002 April 28-May 2 47th at San Francisco, California...
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No Milling about for Entrepreneur
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), November 25, 2010
Subjects: Businesspeople, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship
...Newcastle business the Estonia Flour Supply company and Estonias Tartu Mill marks the first time flour from the Baltic country will...over there and had a good scout around. When I went to visit Tartu I saw how much they were investing in the mill. It benefits...
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Lembit's Very Cheeky Family; the Nude Yachtsman and Brilliant Astronomer. a Linguist Who Taught Herself 13 Languages ... the Original Cheeky Girl ... If You Thought Lembit Opik Was Odd, Now Meet His Family
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 15, 2007
Subjects: Astronomy
...Ernst took her back to Estonia, by now an independent country. He began working at the Observatory near the university city of Tartu, where he was to build his reputation as one of the worlds finest astronomers. In 1922, their first daughter, Maija, was...
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Sibierski Strikes on Debut
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), September 15, 2006
...win in three games in front of a crowd of 7,917. Levadia, who were unbeaten in 30 games before a 4-2 defeat by JK Maag Tartu last time out, threatened sporadically and went close through Marek Lemsalu and Konstantin Vassiljev, but perhaps should have...
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'Pragmatic Decision'
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 7, 2005
...S.-Brazilian trade with guests at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. * Paul Goble of the EuroCollege at the University of Tartu in Estonia, who discusses religious freedom in Russia at a forum sponsored by the U.S. Commission on International Religious...
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Muslim Birthrate Worries Russia; Majority Seen by Midcentury
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 21, 2006
Subjects: Emigration and immigration, Islam, Muslims
...collapse of the Soviet Union," said Paul Goble, a specialist on Islam in Russia and research associate at the University of Tartu in Estonia. Two decades ago, the Sobornaya Mosque was the only Islamic house of worship allowed in the Soviet Union. It stood...
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encyclopedia articles on: Tartu  - 6 results

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Tartu
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TARTU tar too, Ger. and Swed. Dorpat, city...in 1893, only to be changed (1918) to Tartu when Estonia became independent. In 1920...Estonia and Finland were signed in the city. Tartu is built around a hill topped by an old fortified...
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Estonia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...city. In addition to the capital, other important cities are Tartu , Narva , Parnu , and Viljandi . Land and People Despite its...and repulsed the invading Red Army. In 1920, by the Peace of Tartu, Soviet Russia recognized Estonias independence. Political...
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Livonia , Region and Former Russian Province
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...knights formed a strong state and threatened Lithuania and Novgorod in the 13th and 14th cent. The chief cities notably Riga , Tartu , and Tallinn were Germanic in culture and were members of the Hanseatic League . After the dissolution (1561) of the Livonian...
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Finland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1918 19), a republic was established and its first president, Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg , elected (1919). By the Treaty of Tartu in 1920, the USSR recognized Finlands independence. Agrarian and social reforms enacted after 1918 did much to heal the wounds...
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Dorpat
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DORPAT see Tartu , Estonia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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