by Catherine Lapinsh | May 5, 2020 | Article, Research
Manchukuo, known by Westerners and Japanese as Manchuria, was a puppet state in the three northeast provinces of the Republic of China. China’s Qing Dynasty considered the territory to be the ‘homeland’ of the Manchus, the ruling family’s ethnic group. In 1931,...
by Catherine Lapinsh | Apr 14, 2020 | Article, Research
Join us on a virtual tour of beautiful Tallinn. We will show you our favourite landmarks and the orders of knighthood that we associate them with. Each day we will be visiting a different landmark. So make sure to visit us often! We invite you to share your...
by Catherine Lapinsh | Dec 8, 2019 | News, Russia
The Order of St George – the first and only order of the Russian Empire awarded exclusively for military merit – was established by Catherine the Great on 26 November (9 December) 1769. The Order had four classes and was awarded to officers of the army and navy for...
by Catherine Lapinsh | Sep 11, 2019 | Article, Research
Catherine Lapinsh ICOM Kyoto 2019 This article contains abstracts from the presentation made at the ICOMAM meeting on the 3d of September in Kyoto during the general confernece of the International Commettee of Museums The Tallinn Museum of Orders of Knighthood first...
by Catherine Lapinsh | Aug 27, 2019 | News
 The Tallinn Museum of Orders of Knighthood has many different programmes for children, teenagers and young people. And this summer we launched our internship programmme. In July we welcomed our first interns! Youngsters from the age of 17 took advantage of the...
