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From Utopia to reality in Latvia. (People: making a difference).

Publication: For A Change
Publication Date: 01-JUN-02 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: From Utopia to reality in Latvia. (People: making a difference).(Kristine Briede and Carl Bjorsmark transform Karosta, a former military base into a center for art and culture)(Brief Article)

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Right on the picturesque Baltic Sea shore lies a derelict and forgotten land of empty nuclear rocket storehouses, bunkers and abandoned multi-storey houses, shaping the landscape of Karaosta, the former sealed military zone in Liepaja, Latvia.

Karaosta (Warport) was set up by the Russian...

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...Tsar's army and then taken over by the Soviets. In 1994 the Soviet army left but people without jobs and starving dogs still live here today on Future Street and similarly named roads.

Carl Bjorsmark from Sweden and Kristine Briede from Riga, Latvia, first came to Karaosta as...

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